hunting horn

noun

Music.

1. 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.

hunting horn

noun

1. a long straight metal tube with a flared end and a cylindrical bore, used in giving signals in hunting See horn

2. an obsolete brass instrument from which the modern French horn was developed

Word History and Origins

Origin of hunting horn¹

First recorded in 1685–95