viol

A man holding a viol

Meanings

Noun

  • A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold
  • A large rope used to manipulate the anchor

Verb

  • To play the viol.

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Origin

  • Borrowed from Middle French viole, from Old French viol, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula ("stringed instrument"). viola.

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