Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To play the viol.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold. · A large rope used to manipulate the anchor
Borrowed from Middle French viole, from Old French viol, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula (“stringed instrument”). Doublet of viola.
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