Mus. [F. = horn], in cor anglais, lit. ‘English horn’: the tenor oboe; also, the name of a stop of similar tone in an organ or harmonium.
1870. Eng. Mech., 11 Feb., 531/1. His cor anglais stop is a 4 ft. tone.
1879. Grove, Dict. Mus., I. 400/1. Beethoven has written a fine trio, Op. 29, for two oboes and cor anglais.
Cor, obs, form of CORE.
