VIOL D'AMOUR
\vˈa͡ɪ͡əl dˈamə], \vˈaɪəl dˈamə], \v_ˈaɪə_l d_ˈa_m_ə]\
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[Fr.] (Music.) An organ stop so called, of similar quality to the gamba (q.v.). Viole, like vielle, a hurdy-gurdy, is the Med. L. vitula, vitella, a viol.
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[Fr.] (Music.) Rather larger than the violin, and now obsolete, employed both catgut and metal strings ; the latter placed under the finger-board, and sounding only by sympathy.
By Henry Percy Smith
