'Gittern' definitions:

Definition of 'gittern'

(from WordNet)
noun
A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [syn: cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern]

Definition of 'Gittern'

From: GCIDE
  • Gittern \Git"tern\ (g[i^]t"t[~e]rn), 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]

Definition of 'Gittern'

From: GCIDE
  • Gittern \Git"tern\, v. i. To play on gittern. --Milton. [1913 Webster]