Usage examples (35)

• Sounds floated from other parts of the palace-an indistinguishable murmur of voices, the thrum of a cithern.
• She was taught music, and played the lute, harpsichord, and cithern, as well as having a sweet singing voice.
• Chapter X The music of cithern, flute and tambour sounded softly in the alabaster-columned chamber, the musicians hidden behind a lacy screen carved of ivory.
• The breeze that stirred the tapestries on the wall brought faint noises from the streets of Peshkhauri - occasional snatches of wailing song, or the thrum of a cithern.