gittern

American  

[git-ern] / ˈgɪt ərn /

noun

1. cittern.

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gittern British  

/ ˈɡɪtɜːn /

noun

1. music an obsolete medieval stringed instrument resembling the guitar Compare cittern

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Etymology

Origin of gittern

C14: from Old French guiterne, ultimately from Old Spanish guitarra _guitar ; see _cittern

Example Sentences

Rising abruptly as he spoke, he clapped his hat upon his head and left the room, Nick standing there beside the table, staring after him, with the gittern in his hands.

From Master Skylark by Bennett, John

The three witnesses of the challenge sprang to their feet, the gittern falling from Sedley's hands, and Sir John's papers fluttering to the floor.

From Sir Mortimer by Johnston, Mary

It was the practice, as we have said, when a customer was waiting for his turn in a barber's shop to pass his time playing on the gittern.

From At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History by Andrews, William

He hung the gittern upon its peg, then went across to the Admiral and put both hands upon his shoulders.

From Sir Mortimer by Johnston, Mary

But in the morning at breakfast there was a gittern at Nick's place--a rare old yellow gittern, with silver scrolls about the tail-piece, ivory pegs, and a head that ended in an angel's face.

From Master Skylark by Bennett, John