fiddleback

fiddleback
/fid"l bak'/, n.
1. something shaped like a fiddle.
adj.
2. resembling the back or outline of a violin.
3. (of a veneer figure) having close, fine, dark stripes.
[1885-90; FIDDLE + BACK1]

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