citole Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Cit"ole noun
Etymology
OF. citole, fr. L. cithara. See Cittern.
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) A musical instrument; a kind of dulcimer. Obs.

Webster 1913