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‖ clairschach|ˈklɑːʃəx|
Forms: 5 clareschaw, clerschew, 7 clersha, 8 clarishoe, 9 clarshech, clearsach, clairschach, clairsach.
[Gael. and Ir. clairseach (ˈklarʃax) harp, perh. f. clar table, board; but the rest of the word is obscure.]
The old Celtic harp strung with wire.
1490Act. Dom. Concil. 172 (Jam.) For the spoliacioune and takin fra him of..ane clareschaw, & certane stuff and insicht of houshald. 1491Ibid. 204 (Jam.) Clerschew. 1700J. Brome Trav. iii. (1707) 179 [Highlanders] delight much in Musick, but chiefly in Harps and Clarishoes of their own Fashion, the strings of which are made of Brass-Wire, and the strings of their Harps with Sinews. 1824Praed Poems (1864) I. 283 Of clairschachs and of atabals. a1844Campbell O'Connor's Child viii, And berries from the wood provide And play my clarshech [edd. the clarsech] by thy side. 1862Grant Capt. Guard vi, A clairsach, or harp of the old Scottish form, being only thirty inches or so in height, and furnished with thirty string holes. |