stock and horn

stock and horn
stock and horn /stok ənd hörn/
noun
A primitive Scottish musical instrument made of a cow's horn, a sheep's thigh bone or elder pipe, with stops and a single reed (also called stock in horn or stockhorn)
ORIGIN: OE (Northumbrian) stocc trumpet

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