low brass

noun

an alloy of about 80 percent copper and 20 percent zinc, with traces of lead and iron.

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Here the storm grows apace, with increasing tumult of entering hostile strains, the main song now ringing in low brass.
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Beside her chair bonne maman had always a little table, the round polished top surrounded by a low brass railing.
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