sackbut

noun

Meaning

A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.

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Related words

sackbutt(English)sacbut(English)sagbut(English)electronic sackbut(English)saxtuba(English)bombardon(English)tromboon(English)bombardo(English)trombone(English)slide(English)trumpet(English)baroque(English)

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