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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 451 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TATTOO , a

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SIGNAL

signal given by

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BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat. battere)

beat of

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DRUM (early forms drome or dromme, a word common to many Teut. languages, cf. Dan. tromme, Ger. Trommel: the word is ultimately the same as " trumpet," and is probably onomatopoeic in origin; it appears late in Eng. about the middle of the 16th century)

drum and

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CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call of

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BUGLE

bugle at nightfall for soldiers to go to quarters when in

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garrison or to tents when in the

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field . The earlier word is taptoo or taptow, and was borrowed from Du. taptoe; the phrase de taptoe slaan, to

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close the taps, and the parallel Ger . Zapfenstreich, literally " tap-stroke " (Zapf, a tap of a cask), show that it meant originally a signal that the " taps " or public-houses were closed for the

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NIGHT

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