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Citole

noun
1.
A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.  Synonyms: cither, cithern, cittern, gittern.






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"Citole" Quotes from Famous Books



... sighed and shook her head. "You speak as a Loring should, and yet I fear that some great trouble will befall us. But let us talk no more of such matters, since we cannot mend them. Where is your citole, Nigel? Will you not play and sing ...
— Sir Nigel • Arthur Conan Doyle

... glorious to see Was naked floating in the large sea, And from the navel down all cover'd was With waves green, and bright as any glass. A citole in her right hand hadde she, And on her head, full seemly for to see, A rose garland fresh, and well smelling, Above her head her doves flickering Before her stood her sone Cupido, Upon his shoulders winges had he two; And blind he was, as it is often seen; A bow he bare, ...
— The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems • Geoffrey Chaucer



Words linked to "Citole" :   guitar, gittern



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