gittern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

/ˈɡɪtən/ /ˈɡɪtəɹn/

gittern gitterns ghittern gitterning gitterned

Inherited from Middle English giterne, from Old French guiterne, ultimately from Latin cithara. Doublet of cittern.

quintern

cither cittern zittern

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