Usually means: Stringed instrument, precursor to cello.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word bass viol:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. bass viol: Merriam-Webster
  2. bass viol: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bass viol: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bass viol: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bass viol: Vocabulary.com
  6. bass-viol, bass viol: Wordnik
  7. bass viol: Wiktionary
  8. bass viol: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. bass viol: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. bass viol: Dictionary.com
  11. Bass viol: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Bass viol: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. bass viol: Rhymezone
  14. Bass viol: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. bass-viol: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. bass viol: FreeDictionary.org
  17. bass viol: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. bass viol: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Bass Viol: Encyclopedia of Organ Stops

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bass viol: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bass viol)

noun:  A fretted, bowed, stringed musical instrument from the viola da gamba family. It occupies the bass range and is the lowest instrument in the family. Similar to (but smaller than) a cello.

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