oudn.
/uːd/, U.S. /ud/ A musical instrument of the lute family, played principally in Arab countries.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > lute > types of lute
tamboura1585
orpharion1593
theorbo1605
stumpa1623
polyphone1655
polythore1661
poliphant1664
dyphone1676
archlute1728
oud1738
chitarrone1740
pandoura1797
pipa1838
yüeh ch'in1839
tamboura1864
saz1870
laud1876
opheriona1922
tiorba1940
plectrum lute1970
1671 L. Addison W. Barbary xviii. 219 Their usual instruments are the Rabèb and Ahlùd.]
1738 T. Shaw Trav. Barbary & Levant 270 They [sc. the Moors] have the Rebebb, a Violin of two Strings, which is played upon with a Bow: the A-Oude, a Bass double stringed Lute, bigger than our Viol, which is touched with a Plectrum.
1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. v. 69 The 'oo′d is a species of guitar, which is played with a plectrum.
1870 C. Engel Descr. Catal. Musical Instruments S. Kensington Mus. 8 The Oud..was brought by the Moors to Spain, where it is still known as the laud.
1950 P. Bowles in Penguin New Writing 39 10 As he passed over into the unlighted district he heard a few languid notes being strummed on an oud.
1972 J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) xiv. 252 He plucked and stroked those oud strings with the quill of an eagle feather. It's a lute-like instrument and has no frets like a guitar.
2002 Kindred Spirit Spring 96/2 Since 1979 El-Funoun has been a living voice of Palestine's endangered musical and cultural heritage. Arabic songs with oud, daf, nay and more.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1738