Theorbo
noun, plural theorbos.
1.
an obsolete bass lute with two sets of strings attached to separate peg boxes, one above the other, on the neck.
noun (pl) -bos
1.
(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
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