treble

Definition

Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music.

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English treble, from Old French treble, from Latin triplus. Doublet of triple.

Example Sentences

• "He put his cigar in his mouth, and, with his right hand, up in the treble keys, he began to play, in octaves, the melody of a song called "The Kinkajou," which, somewhat notably, had shifted into and ostensibly out of popularity before he was born."
• "A lofty tower, and strong on every side / With treble walls."
• "Every subscriber of one penny per week, who is sixty years of age, or upwards, and under four-score, to be entitled to receive treble his subscription at the end of the year; that is, his own subscription, and twice as much more."