ranz-des-vaches

Noun

(plural ranz des vaches)

(music) Any of numerous traditional Swiss melodies played on the alpenhorn, originally to call cows in from the mountains. [from 18th c.]

Origin

From (Swiss) French ranz des vaches.

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