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low-pitched, ppl. a.
[In sense 1 f. low adv. + pitched pa. pple. of pitch v.; in sense 2 f. low a. + pitch n. + -ed2.]
1. Pitched in a low key or tone, lit. and fig.; but little elevated; of low quality.
1622Drayton Poly-olb. xxv. 358 The Muse, which seem'd too slacke in these two low-pitcht layes. 1641Milton Animadv. xiii. Wks. (1847) 70/1 Poor and low-pitched desires. 1873M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma v. 145 It is..eminently natural; but it is above common, low-pitched nature. 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 277 The continuous low-pitched rumbling sound produced by the contraction of the muscles.
2. Of a roof: Having but a slight angular elevation. Hence of a room: Having a low ceiling.
1833Loudon Encycl. Archit. Gloss. Index, Low-pitched roof. 1843James Forest Days ii, One of the tables in the low-pitched parlour. 1884Century Mag. XXVII. 827 A one-story and garret house, with a low-pitched roof. |