FAGOTTO

Etymology

Noun

fagotto (plural fagottos or fagottoes or fagotti)

(musical instrument, dated) The bassoon.

Source: Wiktionary


Fa*got"to, n. Etym: [It. See Fagot.] (Mus.)

Definition: The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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