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

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

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 Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)

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 Hatton, Bessie

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