woodnote

American  

[wood-noht] / ˈwʊdˌnoʊt /

noun

1. a wild or natural musical tone, as that of a forest bird.

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woodnote British  

/ ˈwʊdˌnəʊt /

noun

1. a natural musical note or song, like that of a wild bird

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Etymology

Origin of woodnote

First recorded in 1625–35; wood ¹ + note

Example Sentences

And where the hazel forms a leafy screen Of verdant matting, the cuckoo, unseen, Chaunts forth her woodnotes through the stilly air, Whose silent motions far the accents bear.

From Project Gutenberg

Again the songs in Beaumont and Fletcher stand very high, perhaps highest of all next to Shakespere's in respect of the "woodnote wild."

From Project Gutenberg

Music continued to be represented by the songs of immemorial attraction, the woodnotes wild of nameless minstrels, pure utterance of the soil.

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps the most regrettable outcome of this notion is that Milton should have written the amazing line which tells how Shakespeare Warbled his native woodnotes wild.

From Project Gutenberg

The "wattled cotes," "sweet-briar hedges," "woodnotes wild," "tanned haycock in the mead," and "valleys where mild whispers use," are transferred bodily into this ode from "L'Allegro."

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