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Sackbut

Sackbut Meaning & Definition
Sackbut Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sackbut?

[n] a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone

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See Also | trombone

Sackbut In Webster's Dictionary

\Sack"but\, n. [F. saquebute, OF. saqueboute a sackbut, earlier, a sort of hook attached to the end of a lance used by foot soldiers to unhorse cavalrymen; prop. meaning, pull and push; fr. saquier, sachier, to pull, draw (perhaps originally, to put into a bag or take out from a bag; see {Sack} a bag) + bouter to push (see {Butt} to thrust). The name was given to the musical instrument from its being lengthened and shortened.] (Mus.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone. [Written also {sagbut}.] --Moore (Encyc. of Music). Note: The sackbut of the Scriptures is supposed to have been a stringed instrument.

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