clavicylinder
noun
clavi·cylinder
¦klavə+
plural clavicylinders
: a 19th-century keyboard instrument in which pressing a key brings a rod into contact with a revolving tuned glass cylinder
Word History
Etymology
German klavizylinder, from klavi- clavi- + zylinder cylinder, from Latin cylindrus
First Known Use
1809, in the meaning defined above
- inelegance
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