loudhailern.
/ˌlaʊdˈheɪlə/, U.S. /ˈlaʊdˌheɪlər/, /ˌlaʊdˈheɪlər/ A megaphone or other device for amplifying the voice, especially as used at sea. Also transferred and attributive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > speaking trumpet or tube
trunk1546
speaking-trumpet1671
stentorophonic tube1686
whispering-trumpet1688
stentorian trumpet1690
trumpet1696
voice pipe1839
voice tube1839
whispering-tube1857
speaking-tube1889
megaphone1896
meg1937
loudhailer1941
bullhorn1955
1941 Illustr. London News 20 Sept. 366/3 Orders, signals and instructions..given over about one-eighth of a mile of water, orally, by the ‘Loud Hailer’ from Captain to Captain.
1943 Combined Operations, 1940–42 (Min. of Information) xvii. 131 ‘Maintain a smoke screen half a mile inshore and to the westward,’ came over the loud hailer from the ‘Calpe’.
1955 G. Freeman Liberty Man i. 2 Two metallic pipe-notes sounded through the loud-hailer system.
1956 J. Masters Bugles & Tiger xxii. 283 I heard a loud hailer calling my name.
1959 C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 13 There was a loud-hailer echo up and down the flights.
1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 241 They were allowed to use loud-hailers, even if the Japs would not trust them with rifles.
1971 Daily Tel. 16 Apr. 17/3 [He] alerted the Thames Coastguard..and then used a loudhailer to direct them to the highest point on the sandbank.
1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon xix. 264 John..ran out with the loud-hailer, shouting..the conventional form of greeting.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1941