simple past tense and past participle of silence

(music) A percussive exercise (one of many rudiments) which involves playing six even strokes in the order ‘right left right right left left’ or ‘left right left left right right’.

plural of capelle

A surname transferred from the nickname, from the name of the bird as a byname. See eagle. / Any of a number of rivers in the United States and Canada. / A city in Alaska.