noun
- plural of bandore, a stringed musical instrument similar to a lute or cittern, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries
Usage: archaic; musical instrument
Examples
- The museum’s collection includes several Renaissance bandores.
- Musicians in the court ensemble played bandores and other period instruments.
- The bandores were tuned differently than modern guitars.
- Craftsmen made bandores with wire strings stretched over a wooden body.
- Few original bandores survive from the Elizabethan era.