Available Definitions:
1) n. - An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.
2) n. - A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet -a-piston.
3) n. - A certain organ stop or register.
4) n. - A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.
5) n. - A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
6) n. - The standard of such a troop.
7) n. - The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.
8) n. - A headdress
9) n. - A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.
10) n. - A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.
11) n. - See Coronet , 2.