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Instrument or article with two round objects
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theorbo
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The theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck and a second pegbox , related to the liuto attiorbato , the French , the archlute , the German baroque lute, and the angélique or angelica .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Theorbo \The*or"bo\, n. [F. th['e]orbe, t['e]orbe, formerly tuorbe, tiorbe, It. tiorba.] (Mus.) An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context musical instruments English) A baroque, double-necked lute having an extra set of open bass strings.
Usage examples of theorbo.
Then, seizing by armfuls the sparkling robes, the purple mantles, the golden sandals, the combs, strigils, mirrors, lamps, theorbos, and lyres, he threw them into this furnace, more costly than the funeral pile of Sardanapalus, whilst, drunken with the rage of destruction, the slaves danced round, uttering wild yells amid a shower of sparks and ashes.
Their seven servants had set up a scarlet canopy beneath a tree, and the royal young couple ate a box lunch to the accompaniment of lutes and theorbos.
It was run nominally by an Austrian named Vogt, who worked painstakingly during the daylight hours putting together rebecs, shawms and theorbos, and spied at night.
The Queens passed to their own apartments, accompanied by the music of theorbos and flutes.
For these Turks or Moors or whatever they were had no interest in flutes, viols, theorbos, nor anything else that made a pleasing sound.