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Definition of Clappers
1. Noun. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
Generic synonyms: Percussion Instrument, Percussive Instrument
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Definition of Clappers
1. Noun. (plural of clapper) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clappers
1. clapper [n] - See also: clapper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clappers
Literary usage of Clappers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Music and Musicians by Albert Lavignac, William Marchant, Henry Edward Krehbiel (1903)
"... (clappers). These were metallic castanets, usually, but sometimes of wood, or
even shells, whose clicking together was much appreciated by the Egyptians ..."
2. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Léopold Delisle, Guizot (François) (1854)
"although no human hands pulled the ropes or swung the clappers, but solely by
divine power acting on them from heaven. The holy body of the illustrious ..."
3. A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1894)
"The owners build themselves little houses perched on high poles near the trees,
and arrange strings with wooden clappers and other noise- producing ..."
4. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1820)
"... If some spiritual Quixote should at- Fair dames and gallant chiefs, ar- We'll
turn out fat grey friars* loose To set our clappers going merrily ..."
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