portative organ


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
portative organ/ˈpɔːtətɪv/
noun chiefly historical a small portable pipe organ.
– origin C16: portative from OFr. portatif, -ive, appar. an alt. of portatil, based on L. portare ‘carry’.
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