Meaning of CORNET in English

An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.

Use in sentences of CORNET

An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.
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.
A certain organ stop or register.
A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.
A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
The standard of such a troop.
The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.
A headdress
A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.
A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.
See Coronet, 2.