post horn
a straight or coiled copper or brass horn with no valves or slide, originally used to announce mail coaches.
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How to use post horn in a sentence
So he paid his bill and went, accompanied by the best wishes and blessings of the Post-horn.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11 | Friedrich SpielhagenBefore the windows of the "Post-horn" another horn now sounded discordantly.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11 | Friedrich SpielhagenThe post-horn sounded in the empty street; they rolled away—it was at daybreak.
O. T. | Hans Christian AndersenBe ready to-morrow morning when you hear the post-horn sound.
Black Diamonds | Mr JkaiIt was the post-horn which sounded the note of Felix Kaulmann's departure.
Black Diamonds | Mr Jkai
British Dictionary definitions for post horn
a simple valveless natural horn consisting of a long tube of brass or copper, either straight or coiled; formerly often used to announce the arrival of a mailcoach
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