clarion

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈklæ.ɹɪ.ən/

Noun

historical poetic broadly

(music, historical or poetic) A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound.

Japanese Meaning

中世の金管楽器で、戦闘信号用に使用された。トランペットに関連し、細く直線的な管を持ち、高音で鋭い音が特徴。

What is this buttons?

At dawn the commander ordered the clarion to sound, and the army prepared to march.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

夜明け、司令官は中世の戦闘信号として用いられた金管楽器を鳴らすよう命じ、軍は進軍の準備を整えた。

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(music, historical or poetic) A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound.

The clarion’s call to action has been heard.

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(poetic) The sound of a clarion (sense 1), or any sound resembling the loud, high-pitched note of a clarion.

Others [i.e., other birds] on ground / Walk'd firm; the creſted Cock whoſe clarion ſounds / The ſilent hours, and th' other whoſe gay Traine / Adorns him, colour'd with the Florid hue / Of Rainbows and Starrie Eyes.

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Sense（4）

(heraldry) 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.

clarions

（ plural ）

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