A thing which snaps or produces a sharp cracking sound. plural. Bones (see bone, n.1 19a); castanets. ? Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > castanets (11) snapper1605 A thing which snaps or produces a sharp cracking sound. plural. Bones (see bone, n.1 19a); castanets. ? Obsolete. castanet1647 An instrument consisting of a small concave shell of ivory or hard wood, used by the Spanish, Moors, and others, to produce a rattling sound as an… knocker1648 A castanet: cf. knacker, n.1 2. Obsolete. crotaloa1682 = crotalum, n. knacker1691 A harness-maker; a saddler. dialect. crotalum1728 A sort of clapper or castanet used in ancient Greece and elsewhere in religious dances. snip-snap1736 = snapper, n.1 2b. Obsolete. rare. jawbone1844 An animal's jawbone used as a musical instrument; also, castanets or a jew's harp. crotal1850 = crotalum, n. clave1928 One of a pair of round sticks of hard wood, struck against each other when used in ‘Latin-American’ music. Usually in plural. crotale1938 A type of castanet used mainly in Latin-American music; also = crotalum, n. Usually plural. |
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