kruithoring, noun

/ˈkreɪthʊərəŋ//ˈkrœɪthʊərəŋ//ˈkreɪthuərəŋ/
Forms:
Formerly also kruithoorn.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, kruit gunpowder + horing (earlier hoorn) horn.
a. In historical contexts. A powder-horn made of the horn of a cow or antelope, fitted with a lid or cap, and worn on a belt. b. Transferred and figurative senses. A symbol of the National Party. Also attributive.
1948 George & Knysna Herald 28 May 3The Nationalist candidate headed the procession with the Kruithoring banner.
1971 Daily Dispatch 16 Dec. 10Each man had three rifles, ready primed with small bags of slugs at hand and the horns (kruithorings) filled with dry powder.
1973 J. Meintjes Voortrekkers 106To a belt was attached a powder-horn or kruithoring.
1975 S. Afr. Panorama Jan. 14on the wall of the entrance hall was a gun-rack which supported..the ‘kruithoring’ which was traditionally used to store gunpowder.
1975 Drum 8 Aug. 1How else can you explain their throwing a braai and sounding the kruithoorn after losing the recent by-elections at Middelburg and Gezina.
1978 Sunday Times 14 May 14In the Transvaal he held sway over the strongest principality in the party, and those who wore the kruithoring were his followers almost to a man.
1982 Rand Daily Mail 25 Feb. 11The Kruithoring Rebellion.
1988 J. Scott in E. Prov. Herald 5 Mar. 6I even had to take off my kruithoring badge. It’s bad for business, and a man mos has got to live.
1989 Reader’s Digest Illust. Hist. of S. Afr. 116Armed with rifles on their backs and a kruithoring (powder horn)..formidable groups of trekkers would ride into battle.
A powder-horn made of the horn of a cow or antelope, fitted with a lid or cap, and worn on a belt.
A symbol of the National Party. Also attributive.
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