French horn
noun
a musical brass wind instrument with a long, coiled tube having a conical bore and a flaring bell.
Origin of French horn
First recorded in 1735–45
Example sentences from the Web for french horn
The two old French-horn players were lying at the door soaking in the rain, but also asleep.
A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire |J. T. BarberHe then came home, talked eternally, and played upon the French-horn.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe |Edgar Allan PoeA horrible screaming fiddle, a grumbling violoncello, and a deafening French-horn, composed the band.
Letters from Spain |Joseph Blanco White
British Dictionary definitions for french horn
French horn
noun
music
a valved brass instrument with a funnel-shaped mouthpiece and a tube of conical bore coiled into a spiral. It is a transposing instrument in F. Range: about three and a half octaves upwards from B on the second leger line below the bass staff
See horn