reveille
Barracks morning signal
Reveille is a military bugle call or drum signal sounded at dawn to wake personnel and begin the day.
By extension, any signal or sound that rouses people from sleep: The garbage truck at 6 AM served as our reveille.
The word comes from French for "wake up."
Valveless military horn
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
- buglerMilitary brass musician
- tapsLight repeated touches
- fanfareCeremonial brass announcement
brass · cornet · flourish · assembly · charge · retreat · melody · cadence
Day's first glow
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
- daybreakMorning's first light
- earlyOccurring before expected
- alarmUrgent warning signal
wake · rouse · first light · daylight · routine · grogginess · stretch · yawn
bugle
Valveless military horn
fanfare · brass · cornet · flourish · assembly · charge · retreat · melody · cadence · notes
dawn
Day's first glow
alarm · wake · rouse · first light · daylight · routine · grogginess · stretch · yawn · alertness
barracks
Soldiers' residential building
roll call · muster · garrison · platoon · regiment · infantry · parade · salute · command · base
horn
Pointed animal headgear
whistle · drumbeat · gong · buzzer · cue · alert · summons · call · announcement · wakeup
- Brass Musicbrass ensemble, brass quintet, brass band, brass bands, trumpet solo
- Bugle Callstaps, last post, first call, mess call, lights out
- military songswar songs, marching songs, military marches, cadence calls, drill songs
- naval dutiesanchor watch, battle stations, damage control, general quarters, guard duty
- naval traditionscrossing the line, ringing bells, watches, ship christening, ship's bell
- morningmorning, sunrise, daybreak, dawn, mid-morning