clarionet
(ˈklærɪənɛt, -ˈnɛt)
[dim. of clarion, cf. clarinet: see -et1.]
1. a. = clarinet 1.
| 1784 Cowper Task ii. 260 Breathe soft Ye clarionets, and softer still ye flutes. 1820 Keats Eve St. Agnes xxix, The kettle-drum and far-heard clarionet. 1842 Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 164 There arose..a shrill clear sound..the strange instrument was ‘a clarionet’. |
b. fig. A sound like that of the instrument.
| 1831 T. Peacock Crotchet Castle xviii. (1887) 191 A mellifluous concert of noses, from the clarionet of the waiting-boy..to the double bass of the Reverend Doctor. 1867 Emerson May-Day, etc. Wks. (Bohn) III. 406 Was it a squirrel's pettish bark, Or clarionet of joy? |
c. A player on the clarionet.
| 1826 M. Kelly Reminisc. (ed. 2) II. 247 Mr. Willman..the principal clarionet. 1876 Ouida Moths II. 121, I was fourth clarionet at the Opéra Comique. |
2. = clarinet 2.
| 1880 Grove Dict. Mus. s.v. Krummhorn, Cromorne, Cremona, Clarionet..various names given to an Organ Reed Stop of 8 feet size of tone. |
Hence clarioˈnetist, -ettist [see -ist], a player on the clarionet.
| 1865 tr. Spohr's Autobiog. 68 The third Count assisted as Clarionetist in the orchestra. |