concertina Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle
  2. noun free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
  3. verb collapse like a concertina

WordNet


Con`cer*ti"na noun
Etymology
From It. concerto a concert.
Definitions
  1. A small musical imstrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.

Webster 1913