cornett
cornet
- a musical instrument consisting of a straight or curved tube of wood or ivory having finger holes like a recorder and a cup-shaped mouthpiece like a trumpet
Show More
Word Origin
from Old French cornet a little horn, from corn horn, from Latin cornū
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Examples from the Web for cornett
Contemporary Examples
For those watching the destruction at home and wanting to help, Cornett recommended donations to the Red Cross.
Historical Examples
But the cornett was doomed to destruction in the struggle for life.
Springtime and Other EssaysFrancis Darwin
One morning (July, 1890) Cornett, in company of his little brother, started to the field to cut oats.
Kentucky's Famous Feuds and TragediesChas. G Mutzenberg
Cornett sank dead upon the log, while his little brother ran for life and escaped.
Kentucky's Famous Feuds and TragediesChas. G Mutzenberg
The cornett was given a place in the chorales of Bach and the operas of Gluck after it had become extinct in England.
Springtime and Other EssaysFrancis Darwin
Various machines are used for this, such as Wurster's kneading engine, Cornett's breaker, or some similar contrivance.
The Manufacture of PaperRobert Walter Sindall