Catgut for a violin, lute, or the like; ‘the smallest-sized lute-strings’ (Stainer & Barrett).
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > parts generally > string > material of (6) catling1578 Catgut for a violin, lute, or the like; ‘the smallest-sized lute-strings’ (Stainer & Barrett). catgut1599 The dried and twisted intestines of sheep, also of the horse and ass; used for the strings of musical instruments; also as bands in lathes… sheep's gut1600 = catgut, n. tharm1671 An intestine as cleansed and prepared for some purpose: see quots. Also, in singular, as a substance or material; catgut for fiddle-strings, etc. tharm-string1787 attributive and in other combinations, as tharm-band, tharm-string. camel-gut1879 the dried gut or intestines of a camel used to furnish strings for musical instruments. |
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