bass horn

American  

[beys] / beɪs /

noun

1. tuba.

2. an obsolete wind instrument related to the tuba but resembling a bassoon in shape.

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Etymology

Origin of bass horn

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Conductor Mayo Buckner is a versatile musician; he sings bass, plays the violin, piccolo, clarinet, flute, bass horn, cornet and saxophone.

From Time Magazine Archive

When they finally let him speak, his voice, with the flat, deep quality of a bass horn, touched off one outburst after another.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here a voice like a bass horn was heard.

From Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis Or, Two Midshipmen as Naval Academy "Youngsters" by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

There was a toot of a big bass horn behind them, and the other car went sliding past.

From Abington Abbey A Novel by Marshall, Archibald

Not a fluttering whistle like the postman's, nor a heavy tone like an organ pipe or bass horn.

From What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know by Wright, John Dutton