trumpetry

American  

[truhm-pi-tree] / ˈtrʌm pɪ tri /

noun

1. the manner of playing the trumpet.

   The character of modern trumpetry has changed.

2. the sound, especially the blaring sound, of trumpets.

3. trumpets collectively.

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Etymology

Origin of trumpetry

First recorded in 1855–60; trumpet + -ry

Example Sentences

This week NBC hoped it had hit upon the right medicine�Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, a 70-man band of glittering trumpetry, up-to-date stomp and freestyle, everybody-sing chorusing.

From Time Magazine Archive

More vulgar possibly than the trumpetry which heralded the arrival of Lancelot at a château, but on the whole quite as effective.

From The Job An American Novel by Lewis, Sinclair

And, with the avowed purpose of carrying education and civilization to the Indians of the far North, turned her back upon the world-fashionable, and without fanfare or trumpetry, headed into the land of primal things.

From The Gun-Brand by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)