basset horn

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noun

an alto horn with a soft tone.

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Origin of basset horn

1825–35; <German Bassetthorn<Italian corno di bassetto horn of a somewhat low range. See corn², basset¹

Words nearby basset horn

Basses-Alpes, Basses-Pyrénées, basset, basse-taille, Basseterre, basset horn, basset table, bass fiddle, bass guitar, bass horn, bassinet

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How to use basset horn in a sentence

So I asked the driver to honk the horn, which he does, and Rod looks over.
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Reportedly, George Custer wore a Stetson into Little Big Horn.
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A car parked at a red light honked its horn in rhythm with the chant as the crowd passed in front of it.
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He told the court he called the retired captain to see exactly where he lived so he knew when to sound the cruise ship horn.
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Before the outlaw can comply with this small request the horn sounds again.
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Also our six-shooters reposed in their scabbards, the four belts hooked over the horn of MacRae's saddle.
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There's one called ze, on top of a hill shaped almost like a horn; she showed me a picture of it.
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The second barrel was discharged with no better result, except that a splinter of its horn was knocked off.
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A huge string game-bag was slung over his back, and in an antelope's horn or a crane's bill bullets were carried.
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British Dictionary definitions for basset horn

basset horn

noun

an obsolete woodwind instrument of the clarinet family

Word Origin for basset horn

C19: probably from German Bassetthorn, from Italian bassetto, diminutive of basso + horn

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