sennet
1any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis(northern sennet ), ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
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(in Elizabethan drama) a set of notes played on the trumpet or cornet to mark the entrance or exit of a group of actors.
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How to use sennet in a sentence
These seem to point to a derivation of the word from sonare, and thus the spelling ought to be sonnet, not sennet.
Shakespeare and Music | Edward W. Naylorsennet appears to be a particular tune or mode of martial musick.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies | Samuel JohnsonEvery description of mat, from the sennet to the thick pile mat worked in patterns, was made.
The Vagrancy Problem. | William Harbutt Dawson
British Dictionary definitions for sennet
/ (ˈsɛnɪt) /
a fanfare: used as a stage direction in Elizabethan drama
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