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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: trombone
History
From French sacqueboute, from Middle French sacquer (“to pull”) + bouter (“to push”).
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