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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Dost thou not see that for pleasure four several things combine, Instruments four, harp, hautboy and gittern and psaltery?
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by John Payne
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 Mrs. S. C. Hall
"Play, play, nevertheless," said the young landlady, handing Robin at the same time a measure of fine ale; then stooping as if to untie the knot that fastened the gittern, she whispered in his ear.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall
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 John Bennett
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 Robert Naylor
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