aeolian harp


noun
  1. 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
First recorded in 1785–95

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.

  • It used the shrouds and stays of the still upright mainmast as an aeolian harp from which to draw horrible music.

    Overland | John William De Forest
  • He listened intently and heard instead of warblings, fine strains of music like those of an aeolian harp.

  • Her mischievous eyes, her lips, crimson with fulness of life, were not made for such AEolian-harp sentimentalities.

British Dictionary definitions for aeolian harp

aeolian harp

noun
  1. 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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