twelvestring
Twelvestring is a term that appears in several niche discourses and has no universally accepted definition. In practice, it is used to refer either to a twelve-string instrument or to a single string composed of twelve filaments, depending on the context. The term is not standard in mainstream music or engineering literature.
In music, twelvestring is most often an informal reference to the twelve-string guitar, a standard guitar with
In other contexts, the term has appeared in discussions of multi-filament strings used in engineering, cables,