| a large oboe, a fifth lower in pitch than the ordinary oboe, having a pear-shaped bell and producing a mellow tone. |
| English horn n. A double-reed woodwind instrument similar to but larger than the oboe and pitched lower by a fifth. [Translation of French cor anglais, perhaps alteration of cor anglé, bent horn (from the curved crook to which the mouthpiece is attached) : cor, horn + anglé, bent.] |
