Dictionary entry

Decachord

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Dec″a‐chord (?), Dec′a‐chor″don (?), } n. [Gr. δεκάχορδοσ tenstringed; δέκα ten + χορδή a string.] 1. An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp.

2. Something consisting of ten parts. W. Watson.