citole

[ sit-ohl, si-tohl ]

/ ˈsɪt oʊl, sɪˈtoʊl /

cittern.

Origin of citole

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

She had a citole in her hand, which is an instrument for playing music on; and over her head doves were flying.

Chaucer for Children |Mrs. H. R. Haweis
Any one of us could get in more local colour for the money, and give the crusader a cithern or citole instead of a guitar.

Essays in Little |Andrew Lang
Mr Galpin places the citole in the same class as the gittern.

Springtime and Other Essays |Francis Darwin
Add the principle of stopping the strings with the fingers of the left hand, and the citole becomes the zither.

How Music Developed |W. J. Henderson

Glad I am to see that you have your citole slung to your back.

Sir Nigel |Arthur Conan Doyle

citole

/ (ˈsɪtəʊl, sɪˈtəʊl) /

a rare word for cittern

C14: from Old French, probably from Latin cithara cither