arco

[ ahr-koh ]

adverb

, Music.

1. (of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.

Word History and Origins

Origin of arco¹

1730–40; < Italian: bow < Latin arcus. See arc

Example Sentences

Under the Arco Oscuro the country loomed in sight; the first trees were visible beyond the walls.

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Arco, a town of Tyrol, near Lake Garda, a favourite winter resort of invalids.

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The illustration gives a view of the tower seen through the Arco di S. Guiseppe.

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It was a difficult country around Arco, one that lent itself to secrecy.

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The staple topic of conversation at Arco was one very common in the far west, when a tenderfoot is of the company.

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