triple harp

noun

A type of multi-course harp employing three parallel rows of strings instead of the more common single row, a common version being the Welsh triple harp used in Welsh folk music.

Meanings

nountriple harp (plural triple harps)

plural triple harps

  1. entertainmentA type of multi-course harp employing three parallel rows of strings instead of the more common single row, a common version being the Welsh triple harp used in Welsh folk music.

Translations

French harpe triple
  • harpe triplemusical instrument
German Tripelharfe
  • Tripelharfemusical instrument
Italian arpa tripla
  • arpa triplamusical instrument
Japanese バロック・ハープ
  • バロック・ハープ (barokku hāpu)musical instrument
Russian валлийская арфа
  • валлийская арфа (vallijskaja arfa)musical instrument
Ukrainian валлійська арфа
  • валлійська арфа (vallijsʹka arfa)musical instrument
Welsh telyn deires
  • telyn deiresmusical instrument
Cite this entry
APA

triple harp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triple%20harp

MLA

“triple harp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triple%20harp. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “triple harp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triple%20harp.

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