windchest

American  

[wind-chest] / ˈwɪndˌtʃɛst /

noun

1. a chamber containing the air supply for the reeds or pipes of an organ.

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Etymology

Origin of windchest

First recorded in 1790–1800; wind ¹ + chest

Example Sentences

Tightly fixed on the neck of the regulator is the windchest, which supports the principal part of the contrivance, called in Greek the κανων μουσικὁς.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

These handles, when turned, open ventholes from the windchest into the channels.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

From the cylinders there are connecting pipes attached to the neck of the regulator, and directed towards the ventholes in the windchest.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

When the windchest has received the air, these valves will stop up the openings, and prevent the wind from coming back again.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio