crumhorn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Krum(m)horn (literally “bent horn”).

Noun

crumhorn (plural crumhorns)

  1. (music) Any of several related simple woodwind instruments having a bent horn
    • 2026 January 3, Melissa Heikkilä, “Lunch with the FT: Yann LeCun”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
      [Yann] LeCun grew up constructing model aeroplanes and playing woodwind instruments such as the recorder and the crumhorn, a “weird Renaissance instrument”, which he played in a Renaissance dance music band.

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