tucket

Definitions

A fanfare played on one or more trumpets, bugles or similar.

Examples

“[T]hen let⟳ the Trumpets ſound / The Tucket Sonuance, and the Note⟳ to mount⟳: / For our approach⟳ ſhall ſo much dare the field, / That England ſhall couch downe in feare, and yeeld.”

“But just then the dull beat⟳ of many horses on the snow⟳ suddenly arose in the hollow ear of the night, and, with incredible swiftness, drew nearer and swelled louder. At the same time, answering tuckets repeated and repeated Hatch's call⟳ "Rally, rally!" cried Dick. "Rally upon me! Rally for your lives!"”

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