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aeolian harp
noun
- a box with an opening across which are stretched a number of strings of equal length that are tuned in unison and sounded by the wind.
aeolian harp
noun
- a stringed instrument that produces a musical sound when a current of air or wind passes over the strings Also calledwind harp
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aeolian harp1
First recorded in 1785–95
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Example Sentences
It was just one strain, almost as if the wind had blown over an aeolian harp.
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It used the shrouds and stays of the still upright mainmast as an aeolian harp from which to draw horrible music.
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He listened intently and heard instead of warblings, fine strains of music like those of an aeolian harp.
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Her mischievous eyes, her lips, crimson with fulness of life, were not made for such AEolian-harp sentimentalities.
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