English Dictionary

clarion

/ˈklæ.ɹɪ.ən/

noun

(music, historical or poetic) A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound.

I could hear the clarion call of the trumpet from across the field.

意味（1）

(music, historical or poetic) A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound.

The clarion’s call to action has been heard.

意味（2）

(poetic) The sound of a clarion (sense 1), or any sound resembling the loud, high-pitched note of a clarion.

Others [i.e., other birds] on ground / Walk'd firm; the creſted Cock whoſe clarion ſounds / The ſilent hours, and th' other whoſe gay Traine / Adorns him, colour'd with the Florid hue / Of Rainbows and Starrie Eyes.

意味（3）

(music) An organ stop consisting of pipes with reeds giving a high-pitched note like that of a clarion (sense 1).

意味（4）

(heraldry) A charge thought to represent a type of wind instrument, a keyboard instrument like a spinet, or perhaps a rest used by a knight to support a lance during jousting.