gittern

gittern synonyms

cither compare gittern and cither
cittern compare gittern and cittern
citole compare gittern and citole
cithern compare gittern and cithern
quintern compare gittern and quintern
ghittern compare gittern and ghittern
citole compare gittern and citole
cittern compare gittern and cittern
quintern compare gittern and quintern

gittern definitions

noun

  • 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. 

verb

  • To play on the gittern. 

noun verb