Meaning Of The Word Theorbo

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theorbo in American English
a large 17th-cent. lute with a double neck and two sets of strings
noun: an obsolete bass lute with two sets of strings attached to separate peg boxes, one above the other, on the neck

theorbo in British English
noun: an obsolete form of the lute, having two necks, one above the other, the second neck carrying a set of unstopped sympathetic bass strings

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