viola da braccio

vi·o·la da brac·cio

V0109500 (vē-ō′lə də brä′chō)n. pl. viola da braccios A stringed instrument of the violin family with approximately the range of the viola.

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[Italian : viola, viol + da, of, for + braccio, arm.]

viola da braccio

(vɪˈəʊlə də ˈbrætʃɪˌəʊ) n1. (Instruments) an old name for viola¹¹2. (Instruments) a type of viol held on the shoulder, from which the modern viola was developed[from Italian, literally: viol for the arm]

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viola da braccio - a member of the viol family with approximately the range of a violaviol - any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family