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Definition of Concertina
1. Noun. Coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle.
2. Verb. Collapse like a concertina.
3. Noun. Free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds.
Definition of Concertina
1. n. A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.
Definition of Concertina
1. Noun. (musical instruments) A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends. ¹
2. Noun. Something resembling a concertina, such as a folded book, a bus door or a set of picture frames that are folded together. ¹
3. Noun. Coiled barbed wire for use as an obstacle.Webster's New Dictionary And Thesaurus, Geddes & Grosset Ltd., New Lanark, Scotland 1990 ¹
4. Noun. A type of booklet label, consisting of up to 32 pages of booklet as an insert. ¹
5. Verb. to become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertina ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Concertina
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Concertina
Literary usage of Concertina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Music by William Smythe Babcock Mathews, Emil Liebling (1896)
"The German concertina is a less perfect instrument than the English concertina;
... concertina, alto. A concertina having the compass of the viola. ..."
2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"CELLS I'VE a head like a concertina: I've a tongue like a button-stick: I've a
mouth like an old potato, and I'm more than a little sick, But I've had my ..."
3. A Treatise Upon Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration: Containing an by Hector Berlioz (1858)
"The concertina. This is a small instrument, with plates of brass put into vibration
by a current of air. The accordéon, which for some years was a musical ..."
4. The History of Ireland: From the Treaty of Limerick to the Present Time by John Mitchel (1869)
"The Complete Tutor for the concertina: a concise Course of Lessons in Music, ...
The Art of Playing the concertina without a Master : an improved and ..."
5. The clouds of the Bible by Alexander Wallace (1878)
"FOR THE concertina. MARKS' concertina PRECEPTOR, or Pocket Guide to the Art of
Playing the concertina; containing Lessons on the Rudiments of Music, ..."
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