gittern
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gittern
C14: from Old French guiterne, ultimately from Old Spanish guitarra guitar ; see cittern
Example Sentences
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"Nay, my lord, rather let me try the gittern," she said.
From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter
He could let blood, cut hair, and shave, could dance, and play either on the ribible or the gittern.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
The following were the names of the instruments: cittern, bagpipe, clarion, rebec, psaltery, syrinx, sackbut, regals, gittern, shalm, timbral, and cymbals!
From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert
As he resumed his journey, he might have been taken for a gipsy minstrel, for suspended round his neck was a small cracked gittern, retaining only two strings.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Hall, S. C., Mrs.
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
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