krummhorn
/ (ˈkrʌmˌhɔːn) /
noun
a variant spelling of crumhorn
Nearby words
- krukenberg's tumor,
- kruller,
- krumhorn,
- krumkake,
- krummholz,
- krumping,
- krupp,
- krupskaya,
- krupskaya, nadezhda konstantinovna,
- krutch
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Examples from the Web for krummhorn
Cromorne is the German "krummhorn;" there is no English equivalent known.
Krummhorn, krum′horn, n. a medieval clarinet-like instrument: a reed-stop in the organ.
krummhorn
also crummhorn, "curved wind instrument," 1864, from German, literally "crooked horn," from krumm "curved, crooked."
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