Definition for CLAR'I-ON

CLAR'I-ON, n. [Fr. clairon; Sp. clarin; It. chiarina; Port. clarim; from L. clarus, clear, from its shrill sound.]

A kind of trumpet, whose tube is narrower and its tone more acute and shrill than that of the common trumpet. – Encyc.

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