bass horn

[ beys ]

noun

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

Origin of bass horn

First recorded in 1855–60

A huge tin trumpet was blown most furiously, the blast sounding like the greatest effort of the bass-horn.
A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead | C. G. Helleberg
Not a fluttering whistle like the postman's, nor a heavy tone like an organ pipe or bass horn.
What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know | John Dutton Wright
There was a toot of a big bass horn behind them, and the other car went sliding past.
Abington Abbey | Archibald Marshall

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