clarion
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views updated Jun 11 2018clar·i·on / ˈklarēən/ •
n. chiefly hist. a shrill, narrow-tubed war trumpet. ∎ an organ stop with a quality resembling that of such a trumpet.•
adj. loud and clear: clarion trumpeters.PHRASES: clarion call a strongly expressed demand or request for action.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
clarion
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views updated May 18 2018clarion kind of trumpet. XIV. — medL.
clāriō,
-ōn-, f. L.
clārus CLEAR; cf. OF.
claron (mod.
clairon).
Hence
clarionet XVIII; partly alt. of
clarinet — F.
clarinette, f.
clarine, sb. use of fem. of †
clarin, f.
clair CLEAR.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
clarion
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views updated Jun 08 2018clarion (Fr. claron). Medieval short tpt. (2′ or 3′ long), used particularly by armies because it was easier to carry than the longer
buisine and its high-pitched notes (hence
clarino) could be more easily heard.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE
clarion
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views updated May 21 2018clarion. Org. stop like
trumpet but of 4′ pitch.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE
