bugle 1
— bugler , n.
/byooh"geuhl/ , n. , v. , bugled, bugling .
n.
1. a brass wind instrument resembling a cornet and sometimes having keys or valves, used typically for sounding military signals.
v.i.
2. to sound a bugle.
3. (of bull elks) to utter a rutting call.
v.t.
4. to call by or with a bugle: to bugle reveille.
[ 1250-1300; ME bugle ( horn ) instrument made of an ox horn buculus bullock, young ox, equiv. to bu- var. s. of bos ox + -culus -CLE 1 ]
bugle 2
/byooh"geuhl/ , n.
ajuga.
[ 1225-75; ME bugula a kind of plant ]
bugle 3
/byooh"geuhl/ , n.
1. Also called bugle bead . a tubular glass bead used for ornamenting dresses.
adj.
2. Also, bugled . ornamented with bugles.
[ 1570-80; of obscure orig. ]