wind harp

American  

[wind] / wɪnd /

noun

1. aeolian harp.

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wind harp British  

/ wɪnd /

noun

1. a less common name for aeolian harp

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Etymology

Origin of wind harp

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

In fact, on 1976's Dis, Eicher did actually record him playing against a Norwegian fjord – you can hear Garbarek blowing into a wind harp as the North Sea laps in the background.

From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2012

All his works are alike musical, and all remote from ordinary life, like the eerie music of a wind harp.

From Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by Long, William Joseph

Sensitive to the mental atmosphere about her, as a wind harp to the lightest breeze, Berene felt this unexpressed sentiment in the breast of her “benefactress” and strove to avoid anything which could aggravate it.

From An Ambitious Man by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

She was not that woman's child; I was sure of if; for her voice was as sweet as a wind harp.

From Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends by Fern, Fanny

Did Whitfield pronounce the word Mesopotamia like a wind harp sighing exquisite music?

From From the Easy Chair — Volume 01 by Curtis, George William