Lexic.us

Definition of Automobile horn

1. Noun. A device on an automobile for making a warning noise.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Automobile Horn

Literary usage of Automobile horn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Automobile Engineering: A General Reference Work by American Technical Society (1921)
"Electric Horn: An automobile horn electrically operated. ... Exhaust Horn: An automobile horn in which the sound is produced by the exhaust gases. ..."

2. Materials of Corporation Finance by Charles William Gerstenberg (1915)
"all other property of whatsoever kind or description belonging or relating to a certain patented automobile horn and to a certain patented wind-shield, ..."

3. Three Short Plays by Mary Stanbery Watts (1917)
"Yes, the terrace-door, they'll all be at supper, so there won't be anybody in here or outside either — [automobile horn heard off.} KATH. Oh! ..."

4. A Vagabond Journey Around the World: A Narrative of Personal Experience by Harry Alverson Franck (1911)
"... be always on the alert for the sound of an automobile horn. ... the toot of an automobile horn that can scarcely be accounted for ..."

5. Physics in Everyday Life by William D. Henderson, Lyons and Carnahan (1921)
"Two-tone Electric automobile horn. In residential sections the loud blast from an electric automobile horn is an unnecessary nuisance, but on long stretches ..."

6. Practical Physics by Newton Henry Black (1922)
"A common form of automobile horn. 10. Explain how sound is produced by the form of automobile horn shown in figure 478. PRACTICAL EXERCISES 1. ..."

7. Commercial Law: A Treatise for Business Men on the Law Applicable to by Charles William Gerstenberg, Thomas Welburn Hughes (1914)
"... property, contracts, good will, and all other property of whatsoever kind or description belonging or relating to a certain patented automobile horn and ..."

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