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

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 Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)

The wind harp was there, too, and as Phil, with closed eyes, was resting in the half-twilight made by shut blinds, there came from it a little murmur, which grew into a long, sad monotone.

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

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

The purpose that was in them broke into a wild war-music, as the wind harp swells and screams under the breath of the storm.

From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by Froude, James Anthony