An early type of mandolin

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context musical instruments English) A stringed musical instrument resembling the mandolin, but of larger size and tuned lower.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mandola \Man*do"la\, n. [It. See Mandolin .] (Mus.) An instrument closely resembling the mandolin, but of larger size and tuned lower.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an early type of mandolin

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
__NOTOC__ The mandola (US and Canada) or tenor mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted, stringed musical instrument . It is to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin : the four double courses of strings tuned in fifths to the same pitches as the viola ...