theorbo

noun /θiˈɔɹ.boʊ/

1. A baroque, double-necked lute having an extra set of open bass strings.

   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.”

Where it comes from

From Italian tiorba, from Ottoman Turkish طوربه (torba).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry theorbo (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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