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alpenhorn
CIDE DICTIONARY
alpenhorn, n. [G. Alpenhorn.].
A curved wooden horn about three feet long, with a cupped mouthpiece and a bell, used by the Swiss to sound the ranz des vaches and other melodies. Its notes are open harmonics of the tube. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
alpenhorn, n. a long wooden horn used by Alpine herdsmen to call their cattle.
Etymology
G, = Alp-horn
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