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Meanings of bugle in English

Any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover.

Usage of bugle in English
1
The bugle sounded, and in a short time the infantry fell in.
The Queen's Cup
2
All was ready; the bugle rang out the signal for the attack.
With Marlborough to Malplaquet: A Story of the Reign of Queen An...
3
The second day we were in camp the bugle sounded the assembly.
Private Peat
4
The notes of the bugle have summoned the attention of the inhabitants.
The Scalp Hunters
5
At the sound of the bugle the troops assembled on the ramparts.
Our Soldiers: Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria'...
6
But the bugle is sounding to drill in the early summer morning.
Girlhood and Womanhood / The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortu...
7
At the bugle call, the troops mustered on parade in full uniform.
Ismailia
8
Night had closed in when Bruce sounded his bugle under the walls.
The Scottish Chiefs
9
A long note was sounded on a bugle, and everyone mounted up.
The Alchemist
10
The clear notes of a bugle rang; whackety, bang-clack-clack,wentthe axes.
Crooked Trails
11
Then of a sudden the notes of a bugle sounded the reveillé.
The Philanderers
12
The bugle sounded at daybreak and the soldiers arose to make breakfast.
Rolf in the Woods
13
He sounded the bugle and a Frenchman came down to the bank.
The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the...
14
Andrews felt the mocking notes of the bugle outside stabbing his ears.
Three Soldiers
15
Simultaneously a bugle rings out cheerfully from the direction of the orderly-room.
The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a ...
16
The bugle call shaded off into a single strain from the band.
The High School Freshmen; or, Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and...
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Bugle across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare