SPINET


Meaning of SPINET in English

n. Mus. hist. a small harpsichord with oblique strings.

[ obs. F espinette f. It. spinetta virginal, spinet, dimin. of spina thorn etc. (as SPINE), with ref. to the plucked strings ]

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