theorbo

[ thee-awr-boh ]

noun,plural the·or·bos.
  1. an obsolete bass lute with two sets of strings attached to separate peg boxes, one above the other, on the neck.

Origin of theorbo

1
1595–1605; <Italian teorba, variant of tiorba, special use of Venetian tiorba, variant of tuorba traveling bag ≪ Turkish torba bag; so called from the bag it was carried in

Other words from theorbo

  • the·or·bist, noun

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theorbo

/ (θɪˈɔːbəʊ) /


nounplural -bos
  1. music an obsolete form of the lute, having two necks, one above the other, the second neck carrying a set of unstopped sympathetic bass strings

Origin of theorbo

1
C17: from Italian teorba, probably from Venetian, variant of tuorba travelling bag, ultimately from Turkish torba bag

Derived forms of theorbo

  • theorbist, noun

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