| 单词 | portative organ |
| 释义 | > as lemmasportative organ portative organ n. now chiefly historical a small pipe or (less commonly) reed organ which can be played while being carried. ΚΠ 1519 Will of Thomas Issley (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/19) f. 134v To the said church my portatyf organes. a1655 N. L'Estrange in W. J. Thoms Anecd. & Trad. (1839) 56 [He] had a portative organ for his pleasure in one of his chambers. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Cabinet Organ, a Portative Organ. 1905 Church Times 30 June 842/3 The portative organ, which could be carried in procession and played by the same person. 1989 ‘E. Peters’ Heretic's Apprentice (1990) x. 170 He was busy mending the bellows of his little portative organ. < as lemmas |
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