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pedal steel
noun
: a musical instrument that has strings which are plucked while being pressed with a movable steel bar and a pedal that can change the pitch of the strings
Full Definition of PEDAL STEEL
: a box-shaped musical instrument with legs that has usually 10 strings which can be altered in pitch by the use of pedals and which are plucked while being pressed with a movable steel bar —called also pedal steel guitar
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First Known Use of PEDAL STEEL
1965
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