Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TREB-LE
TREB-LE, a. [trib'l; Fr. triple; L. triplex, triplus; tres, three, and plexus, fold. This should be written trible.]
- Threefold; triple; as, a lofty tower with treble walls. Dryden.
- In music, acute; sharp; as, a treble sound. Bacon.
- That plays the highest part or most acute sounds; that plays the treble; as, a treble violin. Cyc.
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