merkinantotorvi — meaning in English

English meaning

• bugle noun A brass wind instrument without valves, used mainly for military calls, played by adjusting lip pressure to move between notes.
• clarion noun A medieval brass instrument with a narrow tube and a high, piercing sound, once used to signal in battle.

Senses

merkinantotorvi is used for these senses in English:

• bugle (brass instrument) A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series
• clarion (heraldic charge) A charge thought to represent a type of wind instrument, a keyboard instrument like a spinet, or perhaps a rest used by a knight to support a lance during jousting.

bugle — full definition

1. noun A brass wind instrument without valves, used mainly for military calls, played by adjusting lip pressure to move between notes.
2. verb To sound a call in the manner of a bugle, or to announce something loudly.

clarion — full definition

1. noun A medieval brass instrument with a narrow tube and a high, piercing sound, once used to signal in battle.
2. adj Loud, clear, and impossible to ignore — especially describing a message or call to action.

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