cornet

[Cor·net]

A cornet is a brass instrument that looks like a smaller, wider trumpet. The cornet used to be a common feature of jazz bands, until it was replaced by the trumpet.

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An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family. (b) A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-'85-piston. (c) A certain organ stop or register.

Noun
a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves


n.
An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.

n.
A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-a-piston.

n.
A certain organ stop or register.

n.
A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.

n.
A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.

n.
The standard of such a troop.

n.
The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.

n.
A headdress

n.
A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.

n.
A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.

n.
See Coronet, 2.


Cornet

Cor"net (k?r"n?t), n. [F. cornet, m. (for senses 1 & 2), cornette, f. & m. (for senses 3 & 4), dim. of corne horn, L. cornu. See Horn.] 1. (Mus.) (a) An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family. (b) A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-'85-piston. (c) A certain organ stop or register. 2. A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares. Cotgrave. 3. (Mil.) (a) A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player. [Obs.] "A body of five cornets of horse." Clarendon. (b) The standard of such a troop. [Obs.] (c) The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871. 4. A headdress: (a) A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions. (b) A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century. 5. [Cf. Coronet.] (Far.) See Coronet, 2.

An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family. (b) A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-'85-piston. (c) A certain organ stop or register.

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