■ noun a popular style of close harmony singing, typically for four male voices.
Origin
from the former custom of passing time in a barber's shop by harmonizing to a lute or guitar.
■ noun a popular style of close harmony singing, typically for four male voices.
Origin
from the former custom of passing time in a barber's shop by harmonizing to a lute or guitar.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004