collery horn

English

Alternative forms

cholera horn

Noun

collery horn (plural collery horns)

(obsolete) A long brass horn often used at funerals in the Indian subcontinent.

References

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “collery horn”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

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