A stringed instrument with a pear-shaped body and fretted fingerboard, played by plucking with the fingers The lute is an ancient instrument of Eastern origin It was popular in Europe from the Middle Ages to the 18th-century
A lute refers to anyone of a variety of plucked stringed instruments of European descent popular from the 16 to 18th centuries Its oblong, rounded and pear-shaped body has a flat soundboard on which the strings are attached to its fretted neck Normally, the lute has five sets of double strings plus a single, longer highest string Various numbers and configurations of the strings have existed over history Other types of lutes include the small mandora and a bass lute, pandora, and the very largest lutes, the chitarrone and the Theorbo
chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted
It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or "sides," arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted
A lute is a stringed instrument with a rounded body that is quite like a guitar and is played with the fingers. Plucked stringed instrument popular in 16th-17th-century Europe. It originated from the Arab d, which reached Europe in the 13th century. Like the d, the lute has a deep pear-shaped body with an ornamental soundhole, a fretted neck with a bent-back pegbox, and strings hitched to a bridge glued to the instrument's belly. In later years it acquired several unstopped bass strings. It became the preferred instrument for cultivated amateur musicians and acquired an extensive literature of song accompaniments and solo and consort music
A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc
lutes
Turkish pronunciation
luts
Pronunciation
/ˈlo͞ots/ /ˈluːts/
Etymology
[ 'lüt ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English, from Middle French lut, from Old Provençal laut, from Arabic al-`ud, literally, the wood.