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Definition of Crumhorn
1. Noun. A Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn).
Definition of Crumhorn
1. Noun. (musical instruments) Any of several related simple woodwind instruments having a bent horn ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crumhorn
1. a double-reed woodwind instrument [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crumhorn
Literary usage of Crumhorn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gazetteer of the State of New York: Embracing a Comprehensive View of the by Frank Place (1860)
"crumhorn Mt., on the E. border, is 5OO to 6OO ft above the valleys ; and the ...
crumhorn Lake, a body of water 3 mi. in circumference, lies upon the summit ..."
2. The Legends and Traditions of a Northern County by James Fenimore Cooper (1921)
"There is laid down on some of the old maps a narrow strip of land marked " crumhorn
Patent." Perhaps one of the patentees was named " crumhorn. ..."
3. Educational Legislation and Administration in the State of New York from by Elsie Garland Hobson (1918)
"... "lying on what is commonly known as crumhorn Mountain." One half the money
accruing was alloted to the common school fund, the other half to "such ..."
4. Historical and Statistical Record of the University of the State of New York by Franklin Benjamin Hough, David Murray (1885)
"... crumhorn Mountain Tract.— This tract was, by act of April 12, * of the University
might direct. The avails of this grant amounted to 1813. ..."
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