Cornet

An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.

A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-a-piston.

A certain organ stop or register.

A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.

A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.

The standard of such a troop.

The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.

A headdress

A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.

A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.

See Coronet, 2.