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SACKBUTS
Noun
sackbuts
plural of sackbut
Anagrams
• substack, subtacks
Source: Wiktionary
SACKBUT
Sack"but, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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