gittern

Noun
Synonyms: citterncitherncithercitole

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire stringsSynonyms: citterncitherncithercitole
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Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]
Gittern \Git"tern\, v. i. To play on gittern. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
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