alpenhorn


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alpenhorn /ˈalpənhɔːn/ (also alphorn)
noun a very long valveless wooden wind instrument played like a horn and used for signalling in the Alps.
– origin C19: from Ger., lit. ‘Alp horn’.
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