theorbo

From Italian tiorba, from Turkish torba.^[1]

• (General American) IPA^(key): /θiˈɔɹ.boʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /θiˈɔː.bəʊ/

theorbo (plural theorbos or theorboes)

1. (music) A baroque, double-necked lute having an extra set of open bass strings.
   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 31:

     So when they said yea to this, he called to him his player on the theorbo and his player on the hautboy, and commanded them saying, “Play me a solemn music.”

• chitarrone

• theorbist, theorboist

• tiorbino, theorbino

• colascione