post horn

Noun

Meaning

wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

post-horn

Synonyms

clarion horn cornet bugle serpent French horn brass trumpet baritone tuba saxhorn sousaphone trombone althorn slide trombone

Hypernyms

wind wind instrument

Examples

It is a predecessor of the post horn from which the cornet evolved and was used like a bugle to signal orders on the battlefield. Source: Internet

Relationship to trumpet The cornet was invented by adding valves to the post horn in 1814. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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