Ear-trumpet, eartrumpet.
An instrument to aid in hearing. It consists of a tube broad at the outer end, and narrowing to a slender extremity which enters the ear, thus collecting and intensifying sounds so as to assist the hearing of a partially deaf person.
Petit instrument en forme d'entonnoir ou de cor, dont un sourd mettait le petit bout dans son oreille pour entendre plus facilement. Il est si sourd, qu'il n'entend qu'avec un cornet.