- Army signal horn - Eavesdrop on the French trumpet - Last Post instrument - Military brass instrument - Military horn - Military instrument - Military trumpet
- Large reptile - Snake - Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a
large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia. - Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. - A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it
passess through the air or along the ground. - The constellation Serpens. - A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone,
formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the
orchestra; -- so called from its form.
- An instrument with two arms that are pivoted together
at one end, and a graduated arc, -- used by military engineers for
measuring and laying off angles of fortifications.
- Musical instrument - Orchestra instrument - Woodwind instrument - A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and
fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading
instrument in a military band.
- A large brass wind instrument, formerly used in the
orchestra and in military bands, having a loud tone, deep pitch, and a
compass of three octaves; -- now generally supplanted by bass and
contrabass tubas.
- A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order
Zygophylleae, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout
spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The
species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle. - An instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any
three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are
scattered on the ground where an enemy's cavalry are to pass, to impede
their progress by endangering the horses' feet.