English Explanatory Dictionary

spike lute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various musical instruments comprising a resonator and string bearer that are physically united, with strings parallel to the sound table and a handle which is also the string bearer and which passes diametrically through the resonator.

Word forms

spike lute spike lutes

Etymology

So called because the handle often forms a spike where it emerges from the resonator.

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