Cornet
Cornet (k?r"n?t) , noun
[French cornet, m. (for senses 1 & 2), cornette, f. & m. (for senses 3 & 4), dim. of corne horn, Latin cornu. See Horn.]
1.
(a) (Music) An obsolete rude reed instrument (German Zinken), of the oboe family.
(b)
(Music) 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-à-piston.
(c)
(Music) A certain organ stop or register.
2.
A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares. — Cotgrave
3.
(a) (Military) A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
(b)
(Military) The standard of such a troop.
(c)
(Military) The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871. [Obsolete]
A body of five cornets of horse.
4.
A headdress
(a)
A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.
(b)
A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.
5.
(Farriery) See Coronet, 2.