Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Sackbut \Sack"but\, n. [F. saquebute, OF. saqueboute a sackbut, earlier, a sort of hook attached to the end of a lance used ...
This brass instrument, the ancestor of the modern trombone, dates back to the 14th Century, when it was popular right across Europe. Variously spelt "sackbut" or "sagbut", it is ...