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theorbo
[ thee-awr-boh ]
noun
- an obsolete bass lute with two sets of strings attached to separate peg boxes, one above the other, on the neck.
theorbo
/ θɪˈɔːbəʊ /
noun
- 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
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Derived Forms
- theˈorbist, noun
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Other Words From
- the·orbist noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of theorbo1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of theorbo1
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Example Sentences
At noon played on my Theorbo, and much pleased therewith; it is now altered with a new neck.
She was aught drawing, singing, and to play on the theorbo; had learning, and wrote very agreeable verses.
Some gust from brave Elizabethan times must have warmed his spirit, as he sat tuning his sublime theorbo.
The largest member of the ancient lute family—the bass lute or theorbo—has been identified with the barbiton.
It was a kind of theorbo or bass-lute, but with one neck only, bent back at right angles to form the head.
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