bass viol

bass viol  (bs)

n.

1. See double bass.

2. See viola da gamba.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bass viol - viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello gamba, viola da gamba viol - any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
	2.	bass viol - largest and lowest member of the violin family bass fiddle, bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, string bass bass - the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments bowed stringed instrument, string - stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"