oud, stringed musical instrument distinguished in medieval and fashionable Islamic music. It's the guardian of the ecu lute. The oud has a deep pear-shaped entire body, a fretless fingerboard, and a relatively shorter neck and rather less acutely bent-back pegbox than the eu lute. Alfonso X, “The Wise”, 1221-1284, https://musicvideo87776.arwebo.com/57460599/oud-music-no-further-a-mystery