post horn

/poʊst hɔrn/
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Definitions of post horn
  1. noun
    wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries
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    type of:
    wind, wind instrument
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
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