Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clarichord \Clar"i*chord\, n. [F. clatocorde, fr.L. clarus clear
+ chorda string. See Chord.]
A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet;
-- called also manichord and clavichord.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clavichord \Clav"i*chord\, n. [F. clavicorde, fr. L. clavis key
+ chorda string.] (Mus.)
A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the
pianoforte. See Clarichord.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clavichord
n 1: an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more
delicate sound