gittern Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
    cithern; citole; cittern; cither.

WordNet

Git"tern noun
Etymology
OE. giterne, OF. guiterne, ultimately from same source as E. guitar. See Guitar, and cf. Cittern.
Definitions
  1. An instrument like a guitar. "Harps, lutes, and giternes." Chaucer.
Git"tern intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To play on gittern. Milton.

Webster 1913