hunting horn

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noun Music.

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.

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Origin of hunting horn

First recorded in 1685–95

Words nearby hunting horn

hunting chair, Hunting Dogs, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, hunting ground, hunting horn, hunting knife, hunting leopard, hunting spider, hunting sword, Huntington

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How to use hunting horn in a sentence

So I asked the driver to honk the horn, which he does, and Rod looks over.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Viscount Mandeville, like many British aristocrats, had met her in the U.S. while “hunting” for an American wife.
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Reportedly, George Custer wore a Stetson into Little Big Horn.
My Love Letter to the Stetson|Mark McKinnon|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A car parked at a red light honked its horn in rhythm with the chant as the crowd passed in front of it.
‘They Let Him Off?’ Scenes from NYC in Disbelief|Jacob Siegel|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

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.
The Costa Concordia’s Randy Reckless Captain Takes the Stand|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before the outlaw can comply with this small request the horn sounds again.
Physiology of The Opera|John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")
The King of Delhi had a hunting-lodge somewhere in the locality, but he had never seen the place.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
When the whole hunt is hunting up, each single change is made between the whole hunt, and the next bell above it.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing|Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
But don't go hunting after them, there are still modern Immortals in the darkness of a forgotten language.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
With these ten Hunts, the first change in each Peal is made by hunting the whole Hunt up.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing|Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman

British Dictionary definitions for hunting horn

hunting horn

noun

a long straight metal tube with a flared end and a cylindrical bore, used in giving signals in huntingSee horn (def. 9)

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

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