'Kent bugle' definitions:
Definition of 'Kent bugle'
From: GCIDE
- Kent bugle \Kent" bu"gle\prop. n. [Probably named after a Duke of Kent.] (Mus.) A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of which the performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle. --Moore. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Kent bugle'
From: GCIDE
- Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [See Bugle a wild ox.]
- 1. A horn used by hunters. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mus.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle. [1913 Webster]