Gittern

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gittern \Git"tern\ (g[i^]t"t[~e]rn), n. [OE. giterne, OF.
     guiterne, ultimately from same source as E. guitar. See
     {Guitar}, and cf. {Cittern}.]
     An instrument like a guitar. "Harps, lutes, and giternes."
     --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gittern \Git"tern\, v. i.
     To play on gittern. --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gittern
       n : a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a
           pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [syn: {cittern}, {cithern},
            {cither}, {citole}]