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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
“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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hunting horn1

First recorded in 1685–95
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Example Sentences

Over his green doublet he wore a sad-coloured nightgown, out of the pocket of which peeped his hunting-horn.

The former has a hunting horn suspended from his shoulder by a chain, and in his hand a small wooden crucifix.

The old-fashioned hunting horn, from which the modern orchestral horn is descended, was very simple indeed.

Here I heard the melodious notes of Teague's hunting horn, and following that, the full chorus of the hounds.

I put up at the “Hunting-horn,” a fine hotel, but ridiculously expensive.

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