Welsh harp

British  

noun

1. a type of harp in which the strings are arranged in three rows, used esp for the accompaniment of singing, improvisation on folk tunes, etc

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Example Sentences

He attracted headlines by doling out tax funds to every group imaginable, including a gay community center, a Welsh harp society, a graffiti workshop and an organization called Babies Against the Bomb.

From Time Magazine Archive

This bore on its large gem an engraving of a Welsh harp, below which was the motto in Welsh, "The language of the soul is in its strings."

From Memoirs of Life and Literature by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)

It is recorded that at Bangor once she heard for the first time the strains of a Welsh harp, the player being a poor blind itinerant.

From Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)

Here are a violin, violoncello, horn, and cornopean; there an old Welsh harp and unstrung guitar.

From Gladys, the Reaper by Beale, Anne

Like the Elegy, his poem of The Bard was for several years on the literary easel, and he was accidentally led to finish it by hearing a blind harper performing on a Welsh harp.

From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry