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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.