See Also: cittern(dictionary)

cittern (iou)



cittern noun. , citheren. M16.
[formed as CITHARA after GITTERN.]
A wire-stringed musical instrument akin to the lute and usu. played with a plectrum, much used in the 16th and 17th cents.
Comb.: cittern-head a term of abuse alluding to the grotesque carved head often found on a cittern.