Hypertext Webster Gateway: "psaltery"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Psaltery
a musical instrument, supposed to have been a kind of lyre, or a
harp with twelve strings. The Hebrew word nebhel, so rendered,
is translated "viol" in Isa. 5:12 (R.V., "lute"); 14:11. In Dan.
3:5, 7, 10, 15, the word thus rendered is Chaldaic, pesanterin,
which is supposed to be a word of Greek origin denoting an
instrument of the harp kind.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Psaltery \Psal"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Psalteries}. [OE. sautrie, OF.
psalterie, F. psalt['e]rion, L. psalterium psaltery, psalter,
from Gr. ?, fr. ?. See {Psalm}, {Psalter}.]
A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form
of which is not known.
Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto him with the
psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. --Ps.
xxxiii. 2.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
psaltery
n : an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither
but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
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