Bemeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

beme (複数形 bemes)

1. (historical) A mediaeval trumpet, usually used in hunting or warfare.
   • 1789, Thomas Chatterton, William Barrett's History of Bristol, page 641:

     Heart of lion! sound the beme!
     Sound it into inner lands; […]

   • 2008, Suzanne Lord, Music in the Middle Ages:

     One of the long, curved horns was known as a beme and shows up as the instrument of choice blown by angels announcing the Biblical Day of Judgment.

   • 2014, Sir Thomas Malory, ‎Maureen Okun, ‎Joseph Black, Le Morte Darthur, page 302:

     And when the host on both parties saw that sword drawn, then they blew bemes, trumpets, and horns, and shouted grimly, and so both hosts dressed them together.

   • 2014, Jeremy Montagu, Horns and Trumpets of the World, page 94:

     […] be inserted directly into each other to make the long, straight beme or trompe.