foghorn

[ fog-hawrn, fawg- ]

/ ˈfɒgˌhɔrn, ˈfɔg- /

a deep, loud horn for sounding warning signals in foggy weather, as to ships.

a deep, loud voice.

Origin of foghorn

First recorded in 1855–60; fog¹ + horn

fogger, foggia, fogging, foggy, foggy bottom, foghorn, fogram, fogy, foh, foi, foia

Dreyfuss enthusiastically deploys the Foghorn Leghorn manner of the mid-19th century pre-microphone politician.

David's Bookclub: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates |David Frum |December 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
"Seven shillings," shouted somebody with a voice like a foghorn.

The Manxman |Hall Caine
You know at Yale they called him 'Foghorn' Harwood, and they put him in front to lead the cheering at all the big games.

A Hoosier Chronicle |Meredith Nicholson
He would have a future before him as a foghorn were it only possible to make him call at will!

Glimpses of Indian Birds |Douglas Dewar

Often a foghorn comparatively near at hand will belch forth its warning and its voice be swallowed up in this strange stillness.

Steve and the Steam Engine |Sara Ware Bassett
With these safeguards a motor boat can be easily located, except in a fog, when the foghorn must be kept going.

The Launch Boys' Cruise in the Deerfoot |Edward S. Ellis

foghorn

/ (ˈfɒɡˌhɔːn) /

a mechanical instrument sounded at intervals to serve as a warning to vessels in fog

informal a loud deep resounding voice