horse-pistol

1. 1.

   a large pistol (usually in a holster) formerly carried by horsemen

   Synonymshorse pistol

   Broaderpistol

Questions about horse-pistol

What does horse-pistol mean?

horse-pistol means "a large pistol (usually in a holster) formerly carried by horsemen".

How many syllables are in horse-pistol?

horse-pistol has 4 syllables: hor-se--pi-stol. The stress falls on "se-".

What is another word for horse-pistol?

Close synonyms include horse pistol. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is horse-pistol a common word?

horse-pistol is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.