Definition of "trumpet-call" [trumpet-call]

• A call by the sound of the trumpet; hence, any loud or imperative summons to action. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It was a trumpet-call of words bringing drama into a nebulous creation."
• "It was that raging trumpet-call rather than the battering blows that caused the truants to shrink and cower before him, and lean aside out of his path, plashing ashore in reluctant haste."
• "In one loud burst from their ranks and from our battlements rang out the battle-cry and trumpet-call."