Alphorn Definition

alphôrn
noun
A curved, wooden, powerful-sounding horn, from five to twelve or more feet long, used by Swiss Alpine herdsmen for signaling: it is sometimes used in orchestral scores.
Webster's New World

(music) A long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain-dwelling herders in the Alps originally to call cattle but now only as musical instrument in classical and folk tunes.

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Singular:
alphorn
Plural:
alphorns

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