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

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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

Myra found the Prince and his attendants engaged in fixing the wind harp outside her casement.

From The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales by Bessie Hatton

What Ware had said about the hills of his youth, the woods, the word tamarack that he had dropped carelessly, touched chords of memory as lightly as a breeze vibrates a wind harp.

From A Hoosier Chronicle by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn

Now in wreaths, now apart, and again in couples, they swayed about in an ecstasy of mirth, and the wind harp gave out strains of wild and melodious sound.

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

As lavish a minstrel as the pewee pater familias is under most circumstances, that morning he was too busy to tune his wind harp.

From Our Bird Comrades by Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser

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