tucket

noun /ˈtʌkɪt/

1. A fanfare played on one or more trumpets, bugles or similar.

   [T]hen let the Trumpets ſound / The Tucket Sonuance, and the Note to mount: / For our approach ſhall ſo much dare the field, / That England ſhall couch downe in feare, and yeeld.

Where it comes from

From tuck (“a blow, a drum beat”), from Old French touchet (“stroke, blow”). Compare toccata. Compare also Middle French toquer from Old French *toquer (“to strike”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry tucket (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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