orchestrelle

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noun

A player organ designed to mimic the sound of an orchestra, manufactured and used from the late 19th century to early 20th century.

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Meanings

nounorchestrelle (plural orchestrelles)

plural orchestrelles

  1. historicalentertainmentA player organ designed to mimic the sound of an orchestra, manufactured and used from the late 19th century to early 20th century.

    He had the orchestrelle moved to Dublin, although it was no small undertaking, for he needed the solace of its harmonies; […]

    1912, Albert Bigelow Paine, chapter CCXXXV, in Mark Twain, A Biography: Volume III, Part 1: 1900-1907
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