rebeck
- a variation of rebec.
Example Sentences
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In the sixteenth century the three-stringed rebeck received a fourth string and became the violin, the most expressive of all musical instruments.
From Early European History by Webster, Hutton
Grave, but in ecstasy, they play on the harp or the theorbo, on the Viol d'Amore or the rebeck, singing the eternal glory of the most Holy Mother.
From The Cathedral by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)
A kind of rebeck or lute twice occurs, and once a curious pair of cymbals.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
After supper," the story continues, "this good fellow, whose name was Bristow, procured me to have a bed in his chamber, who could play well upon a rebeck.
From The Reign of Mary Tudor by Rhys, Ernest
In odorous purple, where the falling warble Of water cascades and the plunged foam glows, A columned ruin heaps its sculptured marble Curled with the chiselled rebeck and the rose.
From Days and Dreams Poems by Cawein, Madison J.
