viola da braccio

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

viola da braccio viole da braccio violas da braccio

Etymology

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

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