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French horn

–noun
a musical brass wind instrument with a long, coiled tube having a conical bore and a flaring bell.


Origin:
1735–45
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French horn  
n.  A valved brass wind instrument that produces a mellow tone from a long narrow tube that is coiled in a circle before ending in a flaring bell.
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French horn

A mellow-sounding brass instrument, pitched lower than a trumpet and higher than a tuba.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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