Accompanied a bard, perhaps

• Cemented
• Smoothed concrete in a pavement
• Coated with cementlike sealant
• Sealed with clay
• Played an Elizabethan instrument
• Worked a Renaissance Faire, maybe
• Played a pandurina
• Pilfered a string instrument?

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vb. (en-past of: lute )