noun
- fanfares or flourishes played on trumpets
Usage: archaic; musical
Examples
- The royal procession was announced with ceremonial tuckets.
- Shakespeare’s stage directions often called for tuckets to signal important entrances.
- The brass section practiced their tuckets for the medieval pageant.
- Tuckets echoed through the castle courtyard during the coronation.
- The theater company used recorded tuckets instead of live trumpeters.