citole

(ˈsɪtəʊl; sɪˈtəʊl)

(Instruments) a rare word for cittern

[C14: from Old French, probably from Latin cithara cither]

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Noun

citole - a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings

cithern, cittern, gittern, cither

guitar - a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking

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Misericordia are a four-piece ensemble who use medieval instruments such as hurdy gurdy, bagpipes, gothic harp, citole, recorders and voices.

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A citole in hir right hand hadde she, And on hir heed, ful semely for to se, A rose gerland, fressh and wel smellynge; Above hir heed hir dowves flikerynge.

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The mayor strummed a psaltery, the mayoress thumped a side drum and musicians Paul Leigh and Gill Page, from Trouvere, played a crum horn and citole.

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