n. Mus. an instrument with a single string and a movable bridge, used esp. to determine intervals.
[ ME f. OF monocorde f. LL monochordon f. Gk monokhordon (as MONO-, CHORD(1)) ]
n. Mus. an instrument with a single string and a movable bridge, used esp. to determine intervals.
[ ME f. OF monocorde f. LL monochordon f. Gk monokhordon (as MONO-, CHORD(1)) ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012