A trumpet call or drum signal used in military camps, historically signaling soldiers to prepare to ride or march.
From French 'boute-selle,' literally 'saddle-put' from 'boute' (put) and 'selle' (saddle), describing a cavalry command to mount up.
Napoleon's Grand Army relied on precise trumpet calls like bouteselle to coordinate thousands of soldiers across battlefields—the sound of this call would mean 'mount up and get ready' to cavalry across Europe.
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