al|pen|horn

al|pen|horn
al|pen|horn «AL puhn HRN», noun.
a long, powerful wooden horn used especially in the Alps of Switzerland and Austria for calling cattle and for signals; alphorn; alpine horn.
[< German Alpenhorn]

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