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

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wind harp

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

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

A little shiver of sweet, sad sounds came from the wind harp.

From Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays by Hays, Helen Ashe

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

Phil went up-stairs and gathered together the broken pieces of his wind harp.

From Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays by Hays, Helen Ashe