coach horn

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A long, straight, valveless instrument, traditionally made of copper, originally used as a signal horn on fast coaches. historical
    — An old guard, who writes upon the subject of coach-horns, calls attention to the fact of the difference existing between post and coach-horns by saying: "The coach-horn is now the only recognised horn used on a four-in-hand coach' but the post-horn, fifty or sixty years ago, was the recognised signal-hron used by all the guards on the fast mail coaches, hence the name post-horn."

词形变化

coach horns plural

词源

From coach + horn.
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