crwth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard. Played variously by plucking or bowing.

/kɹuθ/ /kɹuːθ/ en-us-crwth.ogg

crwth crwths crowd cruth crowth crouth

From earlier crowd, from Middle English crowde, reinforced by and cognate to Welsh crwth; ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kruttos (“round thing”).

chrotta rote

crowder

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