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Old stringed instrument
Answer for the clue "Old stringed instrument ", 6 letters:
rebeck
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n. (alternative spelling of rebec English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rebec \Re"bec\ (r[=e]"b[e^]k), n. [F., fr. It. ribeca, ribeba, fr. Ar. rab[=a]b a musical instrument of a round form.] (Mus.) An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow. [Written also ...
Usage examples of rebeck.
Though you should rail, your voice would still outsing Rebeck and mandoline.
In one of the principal houses we could hear the click, clack of the castanets, with the tinkle of a harp and the shrill notes of a rebeck, telling of the dance within, and in the great courtyard of the castle were groups of soldiers listening to the songs of minstrels before retiring for the rest of night.
What hautboys and Zamora bagpipes we shall hear, what tabors, timbrels, and rebecks!