Vielle

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  • n. A medieval stringed instrument similar to a violin.
  • n. The hurdy-gurdy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy-gurdy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of the large early forms of the medieval viol.
  • n. Same as hurdy-gurdy, 1.
  • Word Usage
    "Among these were a diminutive harp, which was laid on the table while being played, the fiddle, also called vielle or viola (prototypes of our violin), the very ancient crwth, crowd or chrotta (an instrument having originally three, but later five strings, now obsolete), and the hurdy-gurdy."
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