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Rackett

Rack′ett

(răk′ĕt)
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Noun.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Mus.)
An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.

Definition 2024


rackett

rackett

English

Noun

rackett (plural racketts)

Racketts, from Michael Praetorius' Syntagma Musicum Theatrum Instrumentorum seu Sciagraphia (1620).
  1. (music) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.