† ˈclarigold Obs. rare.
Also 6 clarigol.
[Perverted form of clarichord; cf. claricall, claricoes, there mentioned.]
1. A stringed musical instrument, a clarichord.
| 1558 Will of J. Hide (Somerset Ho.), I geve and bequeathe unto Margery Weekes..my Clarygoldes. 1592 Dr. Faustus in Thoms Prose Rom. (1858) III. 178 Organs, clarigolds, lutes, viols..and all manner of other instruments. |
2. A constable: ‘perhaps because their whips were {oqq}stringed instruments{cqq}’ (W. D. Macray, ed. Ret. Parn.).
| 1597 1st Pt. Return Parnass. iv. i. 1269, I bespoke you a pasport, least the clarigols att some towns ende catche you. Ibid. v. ii. 1544 Let us loiter noe longer, leaste the clarigoles catche us. |