Category:Treble

Tre"ble, a. Etym: [oe. treble threefold, of. treble, treible, l. Triplus. See triple.]

1. Threefold; triple. A lofty tower, and strong on every side with treble walls. Dryden.

2. (mus.) (a) acute; sharp; as, a treble sound. Bacon. (b) playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing Or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice.

Treble Tre"ble, adv.

Defn: trebly; triply. [obs.] J. Fletcher.

Treble Tre"ble, n. Etym: [" it has been said to be a corruption of triplum [lat.], a third part, superadded to the altus and bassus (high and Low)." Grove.] (mus.)

Defn: the highest of the four principal parts in music; the part Usually sung by boys or women; soprano.

Note: this is sometimes called the first treble, to distinguish it From the second treble, or alto, which is sung by lower female Voices.

Treble Tre"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trebled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trebling.]

1. To make thrice as much; to make threefold. "love trebled life." Tennyson.

2. To utter in a treble key; to whine. [obs.] He outrageously (when i accused him) trebled his reply. Chapman.

Treble Tre"ble, v. i.

Defn: to become threefold. Swift.