archlute

[ ahrch-loot ]

noun

1. a lute with two pegboxes, one for the stopped strings and the other for the bass strings, which run outside the fingerboard.

Word History and Origins

Origin of archlute¹

1720–30; arch- ¹ + lute ¹, modeled on Italian archiliuto

Example Sentences

The archlute, or bass-theorbo, is the largest sized kind of the theorbo, or lute with a double neck.

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There was also an archlute, which in its largest form—six feet in height—was known as the chitarrone.

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A fine reproduction of Lady Mary Sidney and her archlute faces the title-page of the book.

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I can read and write, and my mother taught me to play upon the archlute and to sing.

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