Bible Dictionaries
Legato

Webster's Dictionary

(a.) Connected; tied; - a term used when successive tones are to be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner. It is often indicated by a tie, thus /, /, or /, /, written over or under the notes to be so performed; - opposed to staccato.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Legato'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/legato.html. 1828.