cornet

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for cornet

cornet 🔊 /kɔɹnɛˈt/

cornet : කුඩා හොරණෑව

cornet : තාලම

cornet : කාලම

cornet : කාහලය

cornet : කෝනෙට්ටුව

cornet : ගොටුව

cornet : හොරණෑව

cornet definition

Noun.

  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 woman's headdress, in the 16th century.
  11. See Coronet, 2.