*bandore*

n. [ Sp. bandurria, fr. L. pandura, pandurium, a musical instrument of three strings, fr. Gr. pandoy^ra a three-stringed musical instrument. Cf. Pandore, Banjo, Mandolin. ] A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; a pandore. It is now obsolete, but see bandura. [ 1913 Webster ]