viola da braccio

noun

Any of various instruments of the violin family, in distinction to the viola da gamba and the viol family to which the latter belongs.

OriginItalian viola da braccio →
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Meanings

nounviola da braccio (plural viole da braccio or violas da braccio)

plural viole da braccio · plural violas da braccio

  1. obsoleteAny of various instruments of the violin family, in distinction to the viola da gamba and the viol family to which the latter belongs.

Origin

  1. Italianviola da braccio
  2. Englishviola da braccio

Italian viola da braccio (literally “viol for the arm”)

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