| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| sackbut |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sack·but |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s k b t |
| NOUN: | A medieval instrument resembling the trombone. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French saquebute, from Old French saqueboute : Old North French saquier, to pull; see saccade + Old French bouter, to push (of Germanic origin; see bhau- in Appendix I).
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