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Meaning of rebec | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈɹiːbɛk/

Definitions

An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras.

Equivalents

Español rabel
Suomi rebec
Italiano ribeca
Português rabeca

Examples

“The villages also must have their visitors to enquire what lectures the bagpipe and the rebbeck reads ev'n to the ballatry, and the gammuth of every municipal fidler, for these are the Countrymans Arcadia's and his Monte Mayors.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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