the earliest form of the modern horn, consisting of a conical tube coiled in a circle for carrying over the shoulder, and having a flaring bell and a trumpetlike mouthpiece.
Origin
1685-95
Examples from the web for hunting horn
Another important find was a hunting horn emblem from the headgear of a soldier.
British Dictionary definitions for hunting horn
hunting horn
noun
1.
a long straight metal tube with a flared end and a cylindrical bore, used in giving signals in hunting See horn (sense 9)
2.
an obsolete brass instrument from which the modern French horn was developed