单词 | sistre |
释义 | † sistren. Scottish. Obsolete. Apparently: a stringed musical instrument resembling a cittern (cittern n.).In quot. 1538: a person who plays a sistre. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > rattle sistruma1398 sistre1538 siester1595 gourd1596 maraca1598 salt-box1763 horse-fiddle1807 anklung1817 shack-shack1848 chac-chac1870 shaker1943 lagerphone1956 vibraslap1970 1538 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1907) VII. 15 To his howboyis for thair newar gift..to his sisters [printed sisteis] vj cronis [etc.]. ?1590–1 J. Burel Discription Queens Entry Edinb. in Poems sig. L3 Trumpets and Tymbrels, maid gret beir, With instruments melodious: The Seistar and the Sumphion [etc.]. 1599 A. Hume Epist. to G. Montcrieff in Hymnes sig. H1 A loftie troup of Ladies in array, Sum on a luth, sum on a sistre play. 1603 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 398 To instruct..the ȝowthe..to play vpoun all musicall instrumentis speciallie virginallis, monicordis, luit, seister. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1538 |
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