Found 2 items, similar to gittern.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: gittern gittern n : a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [syn: cittern, cithern, cither, citole]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Gittern 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. [1913 Webster] Gittern \Git"tern\, v. i. To play on gittern. --Milton. [1913 Webster]