FRENCH HORN


Meaning of FRENCH HORN in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized F

1. : a brass wind musical instrument derived from the hunting horn and consisting of a long conical tube with a narrow funnel-shaped mouthpiece at one end, a flaring bell at the other, and keys or valves and having a range in pitch of more than three octaves upward from two octaves below middle C

2. : an 8-foot pipe-organ reed stop having a quality similar to that of a French horn

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