mandolins

noun

1. 1

   A stringed instrument and a member of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back

2. 2

   A kitchen tool used for slicing vegetables (usually spelled mandoline)

3. 3

   An RAF World War II code name for patrols to attack enemy railway transport and other ground targets