Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sackbut

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: sack-but
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

"Every instrument took part in the stately Pavane: the lutes and the dulcimers, and the theorbos, and the sackbuts, and the hautboys; the flutes sweetly warbling as birds in the upper air, and the silver trumpets, and the horns that breathed deep melodies trembling with mystery and tenderness that shakes the heart; and the drum that beateth to battle, and the wild throb of the harp, and the cymbals clashing as the clash of armies."

Etymology

From French sacqueboute, from Middle French sacquer (“to pull”) + bouter (“to push”).

Inflected Forms

sackbuts (plural) sacbut (alternative) sackbutt (alternative) sagbut (alternative) shagbolt (alternative) shakbusshe (alternative)

Derived Forms

sackbuttist

Phrases

electronic sackbut Sackbut in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Frequently Paired Words

Sackbut in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Questions

What does sackbut mean?: A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.
Where does sackbut come from?: From French sacqueboute, from Middle French sacquer (“to pull”) + bouter (“to push”).

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