citole

American  

[sit-ohl, si-tohl] / ˈsɪt oʊl, sɪˈtoʊl /

noun

1. cittern.

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citole British  

/ ˈsɪtəʊl, sɪˈtəʊl /

noun

1. a rare word for cittern

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Etymology

Origin of citole

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin cit ( hara ) kithara + Middle French -ole diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

“Who taught you to build walls, my boy?” asked a young man with bright dark eyes and a citole over his shoulder.

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Mr Galpin places the citole in the same class as the gittern. 

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Herself shall bring us, hand in hand, To Him round whom all souls Kneel—the unnumber'd solemn heads Bowed with their aureoles: And Angels, meeting us, shall sing To their citherns and citoles.

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This stained-glass imagery was so easy to copy that, before long, citoles and damoisels and aureoles and garths and glamours and all the rest of the picturesque furniture grew to be a burden.

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So Chandos went his way that evening, walking his horse through the peaceful lanes and twanging his citole as he went, for he loved music and was famous for his merry songs.

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