overstringing
/ˈəʊvəˌstrɪŋɪŋ/noun
In the construction of pianos and similar keyboard instruments: an arrangement of strings at two (rarely, three) levels, the bass strings passing obliquely over the others, so as to make more effective use of available space.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Scientific American. From over- + stringing. Compare later overstring.
- Shakerism
- shake someone down
- shake someone off
- shake someone up
- shake something off
- shake something out
- shake something up
- Shakespearean
- Shakespeare, William
- Shakespearian
- shake the dust off one's feet
- shake-up
- Shakhty
- shakily
- shakiness
- shako
- Shakti
- shakudo
- shakuhachi
- shaky
- Shaky Isles
- shale
- shale gas
- shale oil
- shall