Found 2 items, similar to cittern.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cittern cittern n : a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [syn: cithern, cither, citole, gittern]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cittern 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]