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noun
Any of various instruments of the violin family, in distinction to the viola da gamba and the viol family to which the latter belongs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
a member of the viol family with approximately the range of a viola
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: viol
History
Italian viola da braccio (literally “viol for the arm”)
