aeolian harp
a box with an opening across which are stretched a number of strings of equal length that are tuned in unison and sounded by the wind.
Origin of aeolian harp
1- Also called aeolian lyre, wind harp.
Words Nearby aeolian harp
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How to use aeolian harp in a sentence
It was just one strain, almost as if the wind had blown over an aeolian harp.
The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp | Katherine StokesIt used the shrouds and stays of the still upright mainmast as an aeolian harp from which to draw horrible music.
Overland | John William De ForestHe listened intently and heard instead of warblings, fine strains of music like those of an aeolian harp.
The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury | Asenath Carver CoolidgeHer mischievous eyes, her lips, crimson with fulness of life, were not made for such AEolian-harp sentimentalities.
Fromont and Risler, Complete | Alphonse Daudet
British Dictionary definitions for aeolian harp
a stringed instrument that produces a musical sound when a current of air or wind passes over the strings: Also called: wind harp
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