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sackbut
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sack·but  (skbt)
n.
A medieval instrument resembling the trombone.
[French saquebute, from Old French saqueboute : Old North French saquier, to pull; see saccade + Old French bouter, to push (of Germanic origin; see bhau- in Indo-European roots).]
sackbut [ˈsækˌbʌt]
n
(Music / Instruments) a medieval form of trombone
[from French saqueboute, from Old French saquer to pull + bouter to push; see butt3: used in the Bible (Daniel 3) as a mistranslation of Aramaic sabb'ka stringed instrument]
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Noun1.sackbut - a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombonesackbut - a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone
trombone - a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
Translations
sackbut [ˈsækbʌt] N (Mus) → sacabuche m
sackbut
n (Hist) → Posaune f
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