Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having two horns; bicornous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having two
horns . - noun mathematics A plane
curve having twocusps
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points
- adjective having two horns or horn-shaped parts
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Examples
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Getty Images One of Napoleon's bicorn hats on display before a Trafalgar-themed auction in 2005.
Browser's Delight Henrik Bering 2011
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Two heads, two horns therefore a bicorn, not a unicorn, and three legs.
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One of the reasons I like the 1806 Prussian army is that they still have an 18th Century appearance to them with their long coat tails, turnbacks and lapels, an bicorn hats.
Archive 2009-06-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009
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One of the reasons I like the 1806 Prussian army is that they still have an 18th Century appearance to them with their long coat tails, turnbacks and lapels, an bicorn hats.
Koningen Dragoon (DR5) of 1806 Der Alte Fritz 2009
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I also primed more of the Old Glory 1805 Russians in bicorn that are depicted in yesterday's post.
Archive 2008-06-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008
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Bob's range mostly covers the Marlbourian Period, but he also has a nice range of 1806 French in bicorn and Prussians in bicorn.
Archive 2008-06-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008
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Alsop also designed the limited edition range of 1805 (bicorn) and 1809 (shako) French infantry, a limited range of 1805 Austrian infantry, and his rather extensive American Civil War range (which is one of my favorite ranges of all time for any historical period - exquisite sculpts they were).
Archive 2008-06-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008
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Once I complete the bicorn battalion (as the Apcheron Regiment) then that will give me two musketeer battalions and a battalion (60) of Pavlov Grenadiers that I had painted for me a decade ago.
Archive 2008-06-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008
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I have another battalion of Russians, in bicorn, that have been recently covered in primer, so as I make progress on this battalion I will post more pictures.
Archive 2008-06-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008
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The figures shown in the picture above depict Connoisseur 8-pounders and Elite 12-pounders along with some Elite Miniatures artillery crew in bicorn, as worn in the 1805-07 campaigns.
Russian Artillery Der Alte Fritz 2008
bilby commented on the word bicorn
Compare acorn, a tight-fitting cap worn by a nut.
April 24, 2009
sionnach commented on the word bicorn
What if it's a bisexual, or bi-curious, nut?
April 24, 2009