bugle
noun/ˈbjuːɡl/
/ˈbjuːɡl/
- a musical instrument like a small trumpet, used in the army for giving signalsTopics Musicc2Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin buculus, diminutive of bos ‘ox’. The early English sense was ‘wild ox’, hence the compound bugle-horn, denoting the horn of an ox used to give signals, originally in hunting.
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