[mod. L., a. Gr. ἐκβολή, f. ἐκβάλλ-ειν to throw out.]
1. Rhet. A digression, in which a person is introduced speaking his own words. (Webster.)
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Ecbole in rhetoric is used for a digression.
2. In ancient Music: see quot.
1819. Pantologia, Ecbole, a … change in the enharmonic genus, by the accidental elevation of a chord, or string, five dieses above its ordinary pitch.
