GITTERN

cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern

(noun) a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

gittern (plural gitterns)

A small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, most commonly with three to four strings in doubles courses; it is a flat-backed predecessor of the guitar, and it originated around the 13th century, coming to Europe via Moorish Spain.

Synonym: quintern

Verb

gittern (third-person singular simple present gitterns, present participle gitterning, simple past and past participle gitterned)

To play on the gittern.

Anagrams

• gritten, retting

Source: Wiktionary

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Git"tern, n. Etym: [OE. giterne, OF. guiterne, ultimately from same source as E. guitar. See Guitar, and cf. Cittern.]

Definition: An instrument like a guitar. "Harps, lutes, and giternes." Chaucer.

Git"tern, v. i.

Definition: To play on gittern. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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