wind instrument

[ wind ]

/ wɪnd /

a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.

Origin of wind instrument

First recorded in 1575–85

In playing a wind-instrument, the eyebrows are a great help.

Life's Minor Collisions |Frances Warner
The wind-instrument was once more heard, and the curtain slowly fell to its strains.

The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas |James Fenimore Cooper
During the night my slumber was at intervals distracted by the far-off wails of a wind-instrument in travail.

Ladies and Gentlemen |Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
The next class of wind-instrument is that of which the clarinet is the modern representative.

Springtime and Other Essays |Francis Darwin

Cornemuse is a bagpipe; shalmye is a shawm, which was a wind-instrument, being derived from Lat.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7) |Geoffrey Chaucer

wind instrument

/ (wɪnd) /

any musical instrument sounded by the breath, such as the woodwinds and brass instruments of an orchestra