collery horn

English

Alternative forms

• cholera horn

Noun

collery horn (plural collery horns)

1. (obsolete) A long brass horn often used at funerals in the Indian subcontinent.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “collery horn”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].