Powder Horn

Powder Horn may mean:

  • Powder Horn (ammunition), the device for carrying gunpowder
  • Powder Horn (Boy Scouts of America), the Venturing training program offered by the Boy Scouts of America
  • Powder Horn Mountain, the gated residential/resort community located in Triplett, Watauga County, North Carolina


Famous quotes containing the words powder horn, powder and/or horn:

    Uncle Ben’s brass bullet-mould
    And powder horn, and Major Bogan’s face
    Above the fire, in the half-light, plainly said
    There’s naught to kill but the animated dead;
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    Despite my asbestos gloves,
    the cough is filling me with black,
    and a red powder seeps through my veins....
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    It’s certain that fine women eat
    A crazy salad with their meat
    Whereby the Horn of Plenty is undone.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)