Also kanun. [a. Pers. or Arab. qānūn.] A species of dulcimer, harp, or sackbut, having fifty to sixty strings, which rest on two bridges and are played with the fingers.
1817. Moore, Lalla R., Fire-Worshippers (1854), 155. Singing over Some ditty to her soft Kanoon.
1864. Engel, Mus. Anc. Nat., 45. Among the different species of dulcimers at present in use in the East the kanoon must be noticed.
1891. Hall Caine, Scapegoat, I. vii. 152. He began to play on his kánoon.
