alphorn

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alphorn - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alpenhorn \Al"pen*horn`\, Alphorn \Alp"horn`\, n. [G.
     Alpenhorn.]
     A curved wooden horn about three feet long, with a cupped
     mouthpiece and a bell, used by the Swiss to sound the ranz
     des vaches and other melodies. Its notes are open harmonics
     of the tube.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]