rute

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rute (“rod, switch (slender woody plant stem)”).

noun

  1. (music) A bundle of thin sticks, typically made of wood, sometimes bound in such a way that the binding can be moved so that it varies the tightness of the binding.

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