English Dictionary

coach horn

名詞

歴史的

(historical) A long, straight, valveless instrument, traditionally made of copper, originally used as a signal horn on fast coaches.

日本語の意味

コーチホーンは、歴史的な意味において、長く真っ直ぐな口径付きのない（バルブなし）楽器を指し、伝統的には銅で作られており、速い馬車の信号を伝えるために用いられていたものです。

At dawn, the driver raised the coach horn and sent a clear, resonant blast across the misty plain.

夜明けに、御者は馬車で使われた合図用の長くてまっすぐな無弁の銅の角笛を掲げ、霧の立ちこめる平原に澄んだ響きの一吹きを鳴らした。

意味（1）

(historical) A long, straight, valveless instrument, traditionally made of copper, originally used as a signal horn on fast coaches.

An old guard, who writes upon the subject of coach-horns, calls attention to the fact of the difference existing between post and coach-horns by saying: The coach-horn is now the only recognised horn used on a four-in-hand coach' but the post-horn, fifty or sixty years ago, was the recognised signal-hron used by all the guards on the fast mail coaches, hence the name post-horn.

coach horns （ plural ）