sackbut
noun/ˈsækbʌt/
/ˈsækbʌt/
- a type of trombone used in the Renaissance periodWord Originlate 15th cent.: from French saquebute, from obsolete saqueboute ‘hook for pulling a man off a horse’, from saquer ‘to pull’ + bouter ‘to hit’.
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