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(n.) A curved wooden horn about three feet long, with a cupped mouthpiece and a bell, used by the Swiss to sound the ranz des vaches and other melodies. Its notes are open harmonics of the tube.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Alphorn'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/alphorn.html. 1828.
 
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