noun / verb
bugle
BYOO-gul/ˈbjuːɡl/
A simple brass horn used for signaling.
The brass bugle has looped tubing and no valves.
Etymology
The word for a young ox came to denote a musical horn, linking the instrument’s name to cattle. The modern military bugle preserves that horn sense.
In context
Trumpeter, blow once more!” A bugle call had been sounded every quarter of an hour so as to keep in touch with the other two vessels who were invisible in the fog.
More examples
- A soldier bugled the morning call across the camp.
- We heard an elk bugle from the distant ridge.
- The clear bugle call signaled the start of the ceremony.
Forms
bugle · bugles · bugled · bugling
Similar words
- trumpet
- Usually has valves for changing pitch, unlike a simple bugle.