rebec

Meaning

Noun

An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras.

Origin

From Middle French rebec, alteration of rubebe (see English ribibe), from Arabic رَبَاب.

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