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oxhorn en · NOUN

Etymology

From ox + horn.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The horn of an ox.
   • […] a “south Hungarian, Croatian, and Rumanian signal”, played on small horns “mostly made of animal material”—in other words, oxhorns […] 2006, Raymond Monelle, The Musical Topic: Hunt, Military and Pastoral, page 88:
   • The horn is made by joining the toothed ends of two pieces of oxhorn together. 2000, Howard L. Blackmore, Hunting Weapons: From the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, page 134:

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