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Definition of Sound hole
1. Noun. A hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones.
Definition of Sound hole
1. Noun. a hole in a stringed instrument that is shaped like an "f" ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sound Hole
Literary usage of Sound hole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"Another form ol sound-hole prevalent among viol-makers and extensively employed by
... Generally speaking, the true era of the/-sha]vd sound-hole began with ..."
2. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Straits Branch (1904)
"The wall of the bamboo distad of the septum is obliquely sliced on one side and
in the exposed surface the sound-hole is bored ; between the sound-hole-and ..."
3. Catalogue of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments by Frederick Stearns, Albert Augustus Stanley (1921)
"Flat sound-board, with ornamented rosette sound-hole. ... Circular sound-hole,
inlaid. Six pegs carrying six strings of gut and overspun silk. ..."
4. Catalogue of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments by Frederick Stearns, Albert Augustus Stanley (1918)
"A triangular sound- hole. All string instruments of this type have rather large
sound- holes, necessitated by the fact that the strings are plucked. ..."
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