virginals in English
noun
1
an early spinet with the strings parallel to the keyboard, typically rectangular, and popular in 16th and 17th century houses.
Some Flemish ‘mother and child’ virginals were made effectively double-manual by having a small 4 virginals tucked away in a drawer beside the keyboard.
noun
pair of virginals
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1. Like the harpsichord, the virginals has its origins in the medieval psaltery to which a keyboard was applied, probably in the 15th century.