viol
A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the…A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold.
Meaning
2 sensesA stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold.
Gambe, Viola da Gamba, Kniegeige
вио́лаvióla
A large rope used to manipulate the anchor
- any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French viole, from Old French viol, from Old Occitan viola (modern OcBorrowed from Middle French viole, from Old French viol, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula (“stringed instrument”). Doublet of viola.
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