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wind instrument [wind] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.
Origin of wind instrument First recorded in 1575–85 Examples from the Web for wind instrument Historical Examples of wind instrument
In playing a wind-instrument, the eyebrows are a great help.
Frances Warner
Hunger hath made him a wind-instrument; his want is vocal, and not he.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Various
The wind-instrument was once more heard, and the curtain slowly fell to its strains.
The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas
James Fenimore Cooper
During the night my slumber was at intervals distracted by the far-off wails of a wind-instrument in travail.
Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Were it possible for this invention to come into ordinary use, the violin would have to be classed as a wind-instrument!
George Dubourg
British Dictionary definitions for wind instrument wind instrument noun
- any musical instrument sounded by the breath, such as the woodwinds and brass instruments of an orchestra