mandola, mandora
(mænˈdəʊlə, mænˈdɔərə)
Also 9 (rare) mandura.
[a. It. mandola, mandora. Cf. F. mandore, mandole, and see bandore, pandora2, mandore.]
A larger variety of the mandolin.
| 1758 J. Clephane in Fam. Rose Kilr. (Spald. Club) 461 If you have once made some progress on the spinet..the mandola will be an easy acquisition. 1825 L. Hunt Bacchus in Tuscany 850 Play to me too On the mandola. 1825 Fosbrooke Encycl. Antiq. I. 628 The Pandura was of the lute kind, the Mandura a lesser lute. 1880 A. J. Hipkins in Grove Dict. Mus. II. 204 It [the mandoline] is..less in size than the Mandóla or Mandóra, a much scarcer instrument. 1895 Daily News 22 May 7/3 Three mandolas (or mandoras), eighteen guitars..and a bass guitar. |