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a valveless cylindrical brass or copper instrument with cupped mouthpiece, used to signal the arrival or departure of a post rider or mail coach
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Post horn — Post Post, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf. {Post} a pillar.] 1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
post|horn — «POHST HRN», noun. a small horn similar to a bugle, formerly used by a postrider or the guard of a mail coach to announce arrival. ╂[< post 3 + horn] … Useful english dictionary
Post horn — German postbox with post horn logo (old logo bottom, new logo top) Post horn … Wikipedia
post horn — noun wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries • Hypernyms: ↑wind instrument, ↑wind * * * noun Etymology: post (IV) : a simple straight or coiled brass or copper wind instrument with cupped mouthpiece used especially by… … Useful english dictionary
post horn — n. a straight or coiled copper or brass horn with no valves or slide, originally used to announce mail coaches. [1665 75] * * * ▪ musical instrument brass musical instrument of cylindrical bore, used by guards of mail coaches in the 18th… … Universalium
Post Horn Gallop — The Post Horn Gallop is the tune that Leicester City Football Club run out at the Walkers Stadium on matchday. Leicester City are now the only team to run out to it and is very successful.The post horn is played by Henry Shipley of Syston,… … Wikipedia
post horn — noun historical a valveless horn used to signal the arrival or departure of a mounted courier or mail coach … English new terms dictionary
post horn — noun (C) a horn used in the 18th and 19th centuries as a warning by people riding on a carriage … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
post-horn — /ˈpoʊst hɔn/ (say pohst hawn) noun a simple brass instrument without keys, formerly used by coachmen on post chaises …
post horn — noun Date: 1659 a simple straight or coiled brass or copper small wind instrument with cupped mouthpiece used especially by guards of mail coaches of the 18th and 19th centuries … New Collegiate Dictionary
