swell box

Save This Word!

noun

a chamber containing a set of pipes in a pipe organ or of reeds in a reed organ, and having movable slats or shutters that can be opened or closed to increase or diminish tonal volume.

QUIZ

THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?

Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.

Question 1 of 7

In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of swell box

First recorded in 1795–1805

Words nearby swell box

sweet wormwood, sweetwort, sweir, Swelinck, swell, swell box, swelled head, swelled-headed, swelled head, have a, swellfish, swell front

How to use swell box in a sentence

It is in such cases not his custom to fit any shutters in the side or front of the Swell box.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
The organist might leave his Swell-box shut or, by means of a catch on the pedal, hitch it full open.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
There were twenty-two stops on the Swell, and the Swell bellows was placed inside the Swell box.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
Echo organ, of stops of small scale and very soft tone, enclosed in a "swell-box."
How it Works|Archibald Williams

The swell-box is made in three thicknesses, each of one inch.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury|H. J. L. J. Mass