Etymology

col legno

Today it means: A musical notation indicating that the strings of an instrument are to be struck with the wooden part of the bow. Full definition →

Italian col legno
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromcol legno
  2. English todaycol legno

Borrowed from Italian col legno (literally “with the wood”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.