oud, stringed musical instrument distinguished in medieval and fashionable Islamic music. It's the mother or father of the eu lute. The oud has a deep pear-shaped body, a fretless fingerboard, and a relatively shorter neck and fairly fewer acutely bent-back pegbox than the ecu lute. Alfonso X, “The Clever”, https://youtube-music01234.designertoblog.com/66354959/the-2-minute-rule-for-music-oud