Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small bass viol with three strings: now obsolete.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) A tenor or small bass viol.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music A tenor viol or small
bass viol .
Etymologies
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Italian
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Examples
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1 The drone of the cockchafer, as he wheels by you in drowsy hum, sounds his _corno di bassetto_ on F below the line.
Gryll Grange Thomas Love Peacock 1825
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