Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music, any instrument with three strings, especially the three-stringed lute.
- Having three strings; characterized by three strings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music any
set of three differentpitch classes - noun A
musical instrument with threestrings , such as alyre orharp .
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Examples
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Yes -- it _was_ a "trichord cottage," and "but little used" had been;
The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses J. C. Manning
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A full rich tone, 7 octaves, in beautiful walnut case, trichord cottage, repetition touch, registered keyboard, by Collard, but little used. 27 guineas will be accepted, worth 60.
The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses J. C. Manning
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