onbeia
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]onbeia (plural onbeias)
- An elephant's tusk trumpet.
- 1897, William Le Queux, The Eye of Istar: A Romance of the Land of No Return, page 8:
- Four onbeia blowers walked in front, and, in turns, sounded the great elephant's tusk, while, headed by the dreaded sable standard and moving very slowly, came the Khalifa, stern, stately, statuesque, with drawn sword. Behind, followed the gaudily-attired mulazimin, or body-servants, riding, while his black guards, veritable giants in stature, formed a compact square around him.