pluriarcn.
/ˈplʊərɪɑːk/, /ˈplɔːrɪɑːk/, U.S. /ˈplʊriˌɑrk/ Music.
A West African musical instrument made of a wooden resonator to which several curved rods holding taut strings are attached.
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1923 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 53 393 He plays on a small iron double bell, and is followed by another attendant who plays the pluriarc.
1970 Western Folklore 29 237 It must be considered possible that the..American instruments of more than one string derive from pluriarcs and trough zithers.
2002 Cultural Survival Q. (Nexis) Spring 36 Most common are the stringed instruments, the bow, the single-stringed zither, and the four- and five-stringed pluriarcs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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