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词汇 citole
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Definition of citole in English:

citole

noun sɪˈtəʊl
  • A lute-like medieval stringed instrument, forerunner of the cittern.

    齐特尔琴(中世纪弦乐器,似半梨形的琉特琴,西特琴的前身)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Cittern, a Renaissance instrument that may be a descendent of the citole, is equipped with metal strings.
    • The proliferation of bagpipes suggests that drone accompaniment was popular, as does the depiction of fiddle and citole players plucking their lowest string with the left thumb while using a bow or plectrum in the other hand.
    • There is definite documentary evidence that both the citole and the gittern were normally strung in gut.
    • Some iconographic citoles have tailpieces, while on others the strings attach directly in the trefoil area.
    • The citole is the medieval guitar, known only from pictures in manuscripts and statues on churches.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin cithara (see cittern).

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