Dictionary entry

Cromorna

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cro‐mor″na (krō̍‐môr″nȧ), n. [F. cromorne (cf. It. cromorno), fr. G. krummhorn crooked horn, cornet, an organ pipe turned like a trumpet; krumm crooked + horn horn.] (Mus.) A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe. [Corruptly written cromona.]