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 Sack·but n.  Mus. A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone. [Written also sagbut.]
 Note: ☞ The sackbut of the Scriptures is supposed to have been a stringed instrument.
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