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Webster 1913 Edition

Theorbo

The-or′bo

,
Noun.
[F.
théorbe
,
téorbe
, 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 upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes.
☞ A larger form of theorbo was also called the
archlute
, and was used chiefly, if not only, as an accompaniment to the voice. Both have long fallen into disuse.

Webster 1828 Edition

Theorbo

THEOR'BO

,
Noun.
A musical instrument made like a large lute, except that it has two necks or juga, the second and longer of which sustains the four last rows of chords, which are to give the deepest sounds. The theorbo has eight base or thick strings twice as long as those of the lute, which excess of length renders the sound exceedingly soft, and continues it a great length of time.

Definition 2024

theorbo

theorbo

English

Noun

theorbo ‎(plural theorbos or theorboes)

  1. (music) A baroque, double-necked lute having an extra set of open bass strings.

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  1. ↑ "theorbo." Encarta World English Dictionary [North American Edition]. 2008.

Etymology

From Italian tiorba, from Turkish torba.[1]

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