english horn

Noun
Synonyms: cor anglais

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitchSynonyms: cor anglais
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

English \Eng"lish\, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. Anglican.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. [1913 Webster]

English bond (Arch.) See 1st Bond, n., 8.

English breakfast tea. See Congou.

English horn. (Mus.) See Corno Inglese.

English walnut. (Bot.) See under Walnut. [1913 Webster]

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