Sesquialter

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sesquialter \Ses`qui*al"ter\, a.
     Sesquialteral.
     [1913 Webster] Sesquialter

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Sesquialter \Ses`qui*al"ter\, Sesquialtera \Ses`qui*al"ter*a\,
     n. [NL. sesquialtera.] (Mus.)
     A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which
     reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and
     make the sound more brilliant.
     [1913 Webster] Sesquialteral