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Webster 1913 Edition
Sackbut
Sack′but
,Noun.
[F.
saquebute
, OF. saqueboute
a sackbut, earlier, a sort of hook attached to the end of a lance used by foot soldiers to unhorse cavalrymen; prop. meaning, pull and push; fr. saquier
, sachier
, to pull, draw (perhaps originally, to put into a bag or take out from a bag; see Sack
a bag) + bouter
to push (see Butt
to thrust). The name was given to the musical instrument from its being lengthened and shortened.] (Mus.)
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.
[Written also
sagbut
.] Moore (Encyc. of Music).
☞ The sackbut of the Scriptures is supposed to have been a stringed instrument.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sackbut
SACK'BUT
,Noun.
A wind instrument of music; a kind of trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required.