meaning of cornet
1. An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.
2. A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-a-piston.
3. A certain organ stop or register.
4. A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.
5. A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
6. The standard of such a troop.
7. The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.
8. A headdress
9. A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.
10. A part of a womans headdress, in the 16th century.
11. See Coronet, 2.
12. a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
Related Words
cornet | cornet-a-piston | cornetcy | corneter | cornetfish | cornetist | cornets-a-piston |
