col legno

[ koh leyn-yoh; Italian kawl le-nyaw ]
/ koʊ ˈleɪn yoʊ; Italian kɔl ˈlɛ nyɔ /

adverb Music.

(a direction to play a stringed instrument with the back of the bow rather than the hairs) with the wood.

Origin of col legno

From Italian

Words nearby col legno

cokehead, coker, cokernut, cokuloris, col, col legno, col-, col., cola, cola nut, colacobiosis

British Dictionary definitions for col legno

col legno
/ (ˈkɒl ˈleɡnəʊ, ˈleɪnjəʊ) /

adverb

music to be played (on a stringed instrument) by striking the strings with the back of the bow

Word Origin for col legno

Italian: with the wood