Word Meanings - FIDDLESTRING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One of the catgut strings of a fiddle.

Related words: (words related to FIDDLESTRING)

• FIDDLE-SHAPED
  Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.
• FIDDLER
  A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also calling crab, soldier crab, and
• FIDDLEDEEDEE
  An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to nonsense!
• FIDDLE-FADDLE
  A trifle; trifling talk; nonsense. Spectator.
• FIDDLESTICK
  The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow.
• CATGUT
  1. A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, esp. of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, etc. 2. A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices.
• FIDDLESTRING
  One of the catgut strings of a fiddle.
• FIDDLE
  A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.
• FIDDLEWOOD
  The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.
• ROUGHSTRINGS
  Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.
• KISSING STRINGS
  Cap or bonnet strings made long to tie under the chin. One of her ladyship's kissing strings, once pink and fluttering and now faded and soiled. Pall Mall Mag.