THEORBO


Meaning of THEORBO in English

— 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 ]

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