Word Study
sennet
CIDE DICTIONARY
sennet, n. [Properly, a sign given for the entrance or exit of actors, from OF. sinet, signet, dim. of signe. See Signet.].
A signal call on a trumpet or cornet for entrance or exit on the stage. [1913 Webster]
sennet, n.
The barracuda. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sennet, n. hist. a signal call on a trumpet or cornet (in the stage directions of Elizabethan plays).
sennet, sennight n. archaic a week.
Etymology
OE seofon nihta seven nights
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