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hunting horn
noun
- the earliest form of the modern horn, consisting of a conical tube coiled in a circle for carrying over the shoulder, and having a flaring bell and a trumpetlike mouthpiece.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hunting horn1
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Example Sentences
Over his green doublet he wore a sad-coloured nightgown, out of the pocket of which peeped his hunting-horn.
The former has a hunting horn suspended from his shoulder by a chain, and in his hand a small wooden crucifix.
The old-fashioned hunting horn, from which the modern orchestral horn is descended, was very simple indeed.
Here I heard the melodious notes of Teague's hunting horn, and following that, the full chorus of the hounds.
I put up at the “Hunting-horn,” a fine hotel, but ridiculously expensive.
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