单词 | port-vent |
释义 | † port-ventn. Music. Obsolete. A large tube in an organ or bagpipe, through which the wind passes from the bellows to the windchest; = wind-trunk n. at wind n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > conducting pipe port-vent1728 conveyance1840 trunk1852 wind-trunk1858 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > pipe > [noun] > bagpipe > pipe conveying wind port-vent1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Port-Vent, in an Organ, is a wooden Pipe, well closed, which serves to convey the Wind from the Bellows to the Sound-Board of the Organ. 1770 J. Hoyle Dictionarium Musica 6 It [sc. the bagpipe] consists of two principal parts; the first a leathern bag, which blows up like a foot-ball by means of a Port Vent, or little tube, fitted to it, and stopped by a Valve; the other part consists of three Pipes or Flutes. 1877 G. MacDonald Marquis of Lossie xi Malcolm set his port vent to his mouth, rapidly filled his bag. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1728 |
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