Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gittern"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gittern \Git"tern\, v. i.
To play on gittern. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gittern \Git"tern\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gittern
n : medieval musical instrument resembling a guitar
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