buisine
buisine noun: a medieval wind instrument with a very long, straight and slender body, usually made of metal.
Noun
buisine (plural buisines)
- A medieval wind instrument with a very long, straight and slender body, usually made of metal.
- 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.1823, Archaeologia; Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, page 155
- 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.1860, John Hewitt, The fourteenth century, page 310
- Synonyms:
- herald's trumpet
Synonyms of buisine
- herald's trumpet
Forms of buisine
| plural | buisines |
|---|---|
| alternative form | busine |
Origin of buisine
Learned borrowing from Old French buisine, busine (an earlier, Middle English-era borrowing bosyne did not survive into modern English), from Latin būcina. Doublet of buccina and posaune.
Questions about buisine
- What does buisine mean?
- Buisine means a medieval wind instrument with a very long, straight and slender body, usually made of metal.
- What part of speech is buisine?
- Buisine is a noun.
- What is the plural of buisine?
- The plural of buisine is buisines.
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