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sackbut
[ sak-buht ]
noun
- a medieval form of the trombone.
- Bible. an ancient stringed musical instrument. Daniel 3.
sackbut
/ ˈsækˌbʌt /
noun
- a medieval form of trombone
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Origin of sackbut1
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Example Sentences
In one place he is merely called a Minstrel, but in the other he is specifically described as a Sackbut.
He can play any musical instrument from a sackbut to a Jew's harp, and speak any language from Czech to Choctaw.
But she recovered rapidly after her marriage, her eyes grew brighter, we saw less of Sackbut's "delicious skeleton."
Among them are the Psaltery of various shapes, the Sambuca or sackbut, the single and double Chorus, &c.
At last one day he remembered the walnut which Sackbut had given him.
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