The story
- Middle French · derived fromsacquer“to pull”
- French · derived fromsacqueboute
- English todaysackbut
From French sacqueboute, from Middle French sacquer (“to pull”) + bouter (“to push”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sackbut
Today it means: A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet. Full definition →
French sacqueboute ← Middle French sacquer