aeolian harp

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noun

a box with an opening across which are stretched a number of strings of equal length that are tuned in unison and sounded by the wind.

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Also called aeolian lyre, wind harp.

Origin of aeolian harp

First recorded in 1785–95

Words nearby aeolian harp

Aeneolithic, aeneous, A.Eng., Aeolian, aeolian deposits, aeolian harp, Aeolian Islands, Aeolian mode, aeolian tone, Aeolic, aeolipile

How to use aeolian harp in a sentence

It was just one strain, almost as if the wind had blown over an aeolian harp.
The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp|Katherine Stokes
It used the shrouds and stays of the still upright mainmast as an aeolian harp from which to draw horrible music.
Overland|John William De Forest
He listened intently and heard instead of warblings, fine strains of music like those of an aeolian harp.
The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury|Asenath Carver Coolidge
Her mischievous eyes, her lips, crimson with fulness of life, were not made for such AEolian-harp sentimentalities.
Fromont and Risler, Complete|Alphonse Daudet

British Dictionary definitions for aeolian harp

aeolian harp

noun

a stringed instrument that produces a musical sound when a current of air or wind passes over the stringsAlso called: wind harp

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