Found 2 items, similar to cithern.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cithern cithern n : a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [syn: cittern, cither, citole, gittern]
English → English (gcide) Definition: cithern Cittern \Cit"tern\, n. [L.cithara, Gr. kiqa`ra. Cf. Cithara, Gittern.] (Mus.) An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum. [Written also cithern.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: Not to be confounded with zither. [1913 Webster]