n. A relatively small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, a predecessor of the guitar, that originated around the 13th century and came to Europe via Moorish Spain.
v. To play on the gittern.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An instrument like a guitar.
verb-intransitive. To play on gittern.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. An old instrument of the guitar kind strung with wire; a cithern.
To play upon a gittern.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
n. a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
Word Usage
"The musical group consisted of the tervardi, two hertasi playing drums, and four Tayledras who played harp, gittern, flute, and some sort of horn, respectively."