hunting horn

noun

A bugle, being either simply curved (especially in heraldry), or having from one (in e.g. some Roman horns) to three (in many modern musical horns) spirals, on which signals are blown during a hunt.

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Meanings

nounhunting horn (plural hunting horns)

plural hunting horns · alternative hunting-horn

  1. entertainmentA bugle, being either simply curved (especially in heraldry), or having from one (in e.g. some Roman horns) to three (in many modern musical horns) spirals, on which signals are blown during a hunt.

Translations

Catalan corn de caça
  • corn de caçabugle used during a hunt
Dutch jachthoorn
  • jachthoornbugle used during a hunt
Finnish metsästystorvi
  • metsästystorvibugle used during a hunt
French trompe de chasse, huchet
  • trompe de chassebugle used during a hunt
  • huchetbugle used during a hunt
  • cor de chassebugle used during a hunt
German Jagdhorn, Waldhorn
  • Jagdhornbugle used during a hunt
  • Waldhornbugle used during a hunt
Hungarian vadászkürt
  • vadászkürtbugle used during a hunt
Irish corn fiaigh
  • corn fiaighbugle used during a hunt
Italian corno da caccia
  • corno da cacciabugle used during a hunt
Japanese 狩猟笛
  • 狩猟笛 (shuryōbue)bugle used during a hunt
Persian بوری
  • بوریbugle used during a hunt
Polish trąbka myśliwska
  • trąbka myśliwskabugle used during a hunt
Portuguese buzina
  • buzinabugle used during a hunt
Romanian corn de vânătoare
  • corn de vânătoarebugle used during a hunt
Spanish cuerno de caza, cornamusa
  • cuerno de cazabugle used during a hunt
  • cornamusabugle used during a hunt
Swedish jakthorn, jägarhorn
  • jakthornbugle used during a hunt
  • jägarhornbugle used during a hunt
Cite this entry
APA

hunting horn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunting%20horn

MLA

“hunting horn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunting%20horn. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hunting horn,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunting%20horn.

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