— theorbist , n.
/thee awr"boh/ , n. , pl. theorbos .
an obsolete bass lute with two sets of strings attached to separate peg boxes, one above the other, on the neck.
[ 1595-1605; teorba, var. of tiorba, special use of Venetian tiorba, var. of tuorba traveling bag torba bag; so called from the bag it was carried in ]