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.