Obs. rare–1. [ad. OF. choron, corun, choro, f. L. chorum, chorus, transf. to a kind of musical instrument: cf. Ps. cl. 4 (Vulg.) ‘in tympano et choro.’] An ancient name of a musical instrument.
c. 1205. Lay., 7002. Ne cuðe na mon swa muchel of song of harpe & of salteriun, of fiðele & of coriun.
