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Definition of Gusla
1. Noun. A single-stringed instrument of the Balkans, often played with a bow and used to accompany epic poems. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gusla
1. a musical instrument [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gusla
Literary usage of Gusla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"He was a CB and deputy-lieutenant of the Tower. gusla ... has taken the gusla as
the title for a book of Servian poems, which are supposed to have been ..."
2. Führer Durch Dalmatien by Reinhard E. Petermann (1899)
"Bekanntlich hat die gusla in der Regel nur eine Saite, welche annähernd die ...
Hat die gusla zwei Saiten, so muss die von ihr begleitete Singstimme den ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"The gusla is an instrument of the same family as the violin. ... The rest of the
gusla is dedicated to the love of the horse also, since not only is the bow ..."
4. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"Under the oak is seated an old man with his gusla. ... And then he droops his
head, takes up the gusla, and sings a song with the accompaniment of his ..."
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