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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sack·but /ˈsæk(ˌ)bət/
 低音喇叭,豎琴的一種

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sack·but n.  Mus. A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone. [Written also sagbut.]
 Note: ☞ The sackbut of the Scriptures is supposed to have been a stringed instrument.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sackbut
      n : a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone

From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 Sackbut
    (Chald. sabkha; Gr. sambuke), a Syrian stringed instrument
    resembling a harp (Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15); not the modern sackbut,
    which is a wind instrument.