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Definition: Kent bugle
Kent bugle
\Kent“ bu”gle\prop. n. [Probably named after a Duke
of Kent.] (Mus.)
A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of
which the performer can play upon every key in the musical
scale; -- called also
keyed bugle, and
key bugle.
--Moore.
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Bugle
\Bu"gle\, n. [See
Bugle a wild ox.]
1. A horn used by hunters.
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2. (Mus.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone,
shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes
keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely
in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called
also the
Kent bugle.
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