: an ancient bowed usually 3-stringed musical instrument with a pear-shaped body and slender neck
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Examples of rebec in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebTyler researched instruments that immigrants brought from all over the world, using the rebec, hurdy-gurdy, chitarrone, accordion and fiddle, as well as Native American flutes and drums, to evoke a sense of history.—Shannon L. Bowen, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2019
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English rebecke, from Middle French rebec, alteration of Old French rebebe, from Old Occitan rebeb, from Arabic rabāb
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