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.
A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.
Any instrument of the violin family, always inclusive of violins, violas, and cellos and sometimes further including the double bass.
The position of a violinist in an orchestra or group.
To play on, or as if on, a violin.