bass-violn.
/beɪsˈvʌɪəl/ A stringed instrument for playing the bass part in concerted music; a violoncello.
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bass-viola1616
violoncello1724
cello1848
violoncello piccolo1889
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bumfiddle1599
bass-viola1616
baritone1685
bass1702
violone1724
bassette1847
octobass1850
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iii. 23 Went like a Base-Viole in a case of leather. View more context for this quotation
1638 J. Kirke Seven Champions iii. i. sig. F3 The Rozom'd stick of a Base Violl.
1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 153 Your Bass-Viol, which grumbles in the Bottom of the Consort.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. ii. 29 Carrying a great bass-viol bigger than himself.
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