the·or·bo (th -ôr b )n. pl. the·or·bos A 17th-century lute having two sets of strings and an S-shaped neck with two sets of pegs, one set above and somewhat to the side of the other. [French théorbe, from Italian tiorba.] |
theorbo [θɪˈɔːbəʊ]
n pl -bos
(Music / Instruments) Music an obsolete form of the lute, having two necks, one above the other, the second neck carrying a set of unstopped sympathetic bass strings
[from Italian teorba, probably from Venetian, variant of tuorba travelling bag, ultimately from Turkish torba bag]
theorbist n
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