What does "gittern" mean?
Gittern: An instrument like a guitar. "Harps, lutes, and giternes." Chaucer.
Additional senses
- 2.To play on gittern. Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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