clarsach

American  

[klair-sakh, -suhkh, klahr-] / ˈklɛər sæx, -səx, ˈklɑr- /

Or clairseach,

noun

1. an ancient Irish and Scottish harp.

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clarsach British  

/ ˈklɑrsəx, ˈklɑːsək /

noun

1. the Celtic harp of Scotland and Ireland

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Etymology

Origin of clarsach

< Scots Gaelic clàrsach (compare Scots clareschaw ) or Irish cláirseach, MIr cláirsech

Example Sentences

It is the music of the clarsach, the old Gaelic harp, which ripples over the air and down the ages.

From BBC

Now, says Sophie Rocks, leader of clarsach group The Willow Trio who are rehearsing in a garage studio, it's time for a new tune.

From BBC

Good job there was a bus so Susan Lambert did not have to carry her clarsach - a Gaelic harp - up to Walltown Crags on Hadrian's Wall.

From BBC

The strains of three fiddles, two guitars and a clarsach, or Celtic harp, are ringing round the stone walls of the pub.

From BBC

The clarsach was the harp proper; that is, the small Celtic harp.

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