sackbut -
a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone
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Wiktionary
sackbut (Noun) A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.
sackbut (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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary📕
sackbut sak′but, n. a kind of trumpet, the
predecessor of the trombone: (B.) a kind of stringed instrument
resembling the guitar. [Fr. saquebute—Sp.
sacabuche—sacar, to draw out, buche, the maw
or stomach, prob. Old High Ger. būh (Ger. bauch), the
belly.]
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