Meaning of buisine | Babel Free
Definitions
A medieval wind instrument with a very long, straight and slender body, usually made of metal.
Examples
“It was marvellously great, and shewed such joy and satisfaction that the sound⟳ and bruit of their instruments, horns, buisines, and trumpets, were heard even as far as the castle.”
“The clarion named in the above passages appears to have⟳ been a smaller kind of trumpet. The buisine (from buccina) was also a sort⟳ of trumpet: it was of a bent form⟳, and made of brass.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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