'Violone' definitions:

Definition of 'Violone'

From: GCIDE
  • Violone \Vi`o*lo"ne\, n. [It. violone, augment. of viola a viol. See Viol.] (Mus.) The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; -- called also double bass. [Written also violono.] [1913 Webster]