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Definition of Sackbut
1. Noun. A medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone.
Definition of Sackbut
1. n. 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.
Definition of Sackbut
1. Noun. (music) A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sackbut
1. a medieval trombone [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sackbut
Literary usage of Sackbut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Tobias Smollett by Tobias George Smollett, William Ernest Henley (1899)
"Next day it was reported, that Mr sackbut had been way-laid, and almost murdered
... CHAPTER XXX Mr sackbut and his Pupil Conspire against Peregrine, who, ..."
2. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Old English Bible Words by Jonathan Eastwood (1866)
"... denotes a sackbut and also :1 tube used as a pump. The latter part of the word
is apparently the Lat. buxus, though Diez would connect ..."
3. The Life, Adventures, and Opinions of Col. George Hanger Written by Himself by George Hanger, George H. Coleraine, William Combe, John Debrett (1801)
"Mr. W—b—— ce might also accompany the band, on particular festivals, on that
solemn instrument, so much revered in ancient times, the sackbut ; while Sir R ..."
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