Sennet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɛnɪt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sennet is a noun meaning a signal call given on a cornet or trumpet for entrance or exit on a theatrical stage.
Meaning
a signal call given on a cornet or trumpet for entrance or exit on a theatrical stage.
More Meanings
- The barracuda.
- Alternative spelling of sennit.
- (obsolete) Alternative form of sennight, a sevennight, a week.
Example Sentences
I dranke not this sennet A draught to my pay; Elynour, I thé pray, Of thyne ale let vs assay, […]
Boatswain Marsham fell to work overhauling the bolts of sail-cloth and the hanks of cordage and the coils of rope, till he had found a new foresail and laid it under the hatch, and had placed great ropes and such cordage as headlines and marlines and sennets so that a man could lay hands on them in a time of haste and confusion.
Word Forms
- sennets
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sifflet, catcall, fanfare, bell, horn, swene.
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