[al-puh
n-hawrn] 
| a long, powerful horn of wood or bark, with a cupped mouthpiece and a curved bell at opposite ends, used by Swiss herders and mountaineers. |
| al·pen·horn (āl'pən-hôrn') n. A curved wooden horn, sometimes as long as 6 meters (approximately 20 feet), used by herders in the Alps to call cows to pasture. [German : Alpen, Alps + Horn, horn (from Middle High German, from Old High German; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots).] |