bugle Definition

bugle¹
noun

1. A brass or copper instrument similar to a small trumpet but normally without any valves, used mainly for sounding military calls or fanfares, etc.

verb bugled, bugling

intr
1. To sound a bugle.
2. To sound (a call or signal, etc) or play (a fanfare, etc) on a bugle.

Derivative: bugler
noun

Etymology: 14c, at first meaning ‘buffalo' and later short for bugle horn, which was a hunting horn made from the horn of a buffalo or wild ox: French, ultimately from Latin bos ox.

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bugle²
noun

1. bot.
A creeping perennial plant of the mint family, native to northern temperate regions, which produces short spikes of blue or purple flowers.

Etymology: 13c: from Latin bugula.