bugle.
A horn used by hunters.
Meaning & usage
A horn used by hunters.
A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series
The sound of something that bugles.
the bugle of an elk
A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Anglo-Norman buglebor. Middle English bugle English bugle Inherited from Middle English bugle, from Anglo-Norman bugle (“young ox, heifer; bugle”), from Latin būculus (“young ox, steer”).
To announce, sing, or cry in the manner of a musical bugle.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Anglo-Norman buglebor. Middle English bugle English bugle Inherited from Middle English bugle, from Anglo-Norman bugle (“young ox, heifer; bugle”), from Latin būculus (“young ox, steer”).
A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes as a decorative trim.
Where this word comes from
From Late Latin bugulus (“a woman's ornament”), probably from Latin būculus.
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Where this word comes from
From Late Latin bugulus (“a woman's ornament”), probably from Latin būculus.
A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bugle (“bugleweed”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French bugle, from Medieval Latin bugilla, probably related to Late Latin bugillo.
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