n. 吉坦(古乐器)

[ noun ]
a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
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Gittern \Git"tern\, n. [OE. giterne, OF. guiterne, ultimately
from same source as E. guitar. See {Guitar}, and cf.
{Cittern}.]
An instrument like a guitar. ``Harps, lutes, and giternes.''
--Chaucer.


Gittern \Git"tern\, v. i.
To play on gittern. --Milton.