english horn

English horn
    n 1: a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but
         lower in pitch [syn: {English horn}, {cor anglais}]
    

English \Eng"lish\, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles,
   Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in
   Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of
   England. Cf. {Anglican}.]
   Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the
   present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.
   [1913 Webster]

   {English bond} (Arch.) See 1st {Bond}, n., 8.

   {English breakfast tea}. See {Congou}.

   {English horn}. (Mus.) See {Corno Inglese}.

   {English walnut}. (Bot.) See under {Walnut}.
      [1913 Webster]
    

105 Moby Thesaurus words for "English horn":
      Pandean pipe, aulos, basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon,
      block flute, bombard, bourdon, cello, claribel, clarinet, clarion,
      concert flute, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, cornet, cornopean,
      cromorna, cromorne, cymbel, diapason, double bassoon, double reed,
      dulciana, fife, fipple flute, flageolet, flute, flute stop,
      foundation stop, fourniture, gamba, gedeckt, gemshorn,
      harmonic flute, hautboy, heckelphone, hornpipe, hybrid stop,
      koppel flute, larigot, licorice stick, melodia, mixture, musette,
      mutation stop, nazard, oaten reed, oboe, oboe da caccia, ocarina,
      octave, organ stop, panpipe, penny-whistle, piccolo, pipe,
      plein jeu, pommer, posaune, principal, quint, quintaten, rank,
      ranket, recorder, reed, reed instrument, reed stop, register,
      rohr flute, sax, saxophone, sesquialtera, shawm, single reed,
      single-reed instrument, sonorophone, spitz flute, stop,
      stopped diapason, stopped flute, string diapason, string stop,
      sweet potato, syrinx, tabor pipe, tenoroon, tierce, tin-whistle,
      tremolo, trombone, trumpet, twelfth, unda maris, vibrato, viola,
      voix celeste, vox angelica, vox humana, whistle, woods, woodwind,
      woodwind choir, woodwind instrument