Zither

2 definitions found

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

  Zither \Zith"er\, n. [G. zither. See {Cittern}.] (Mus.)
     An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has
     from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow
     sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the
     performer, who uses both hands in playing on it.
  


     Note: [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped
           {cittern}, or {cithern}.]
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  zither
       n : a musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a
           flat sounding box; it is laid flat and played with a
           plectrum and with fingers [syn: {cither}, {zithern}]