cither
1. [ noun ] (music,medieval) a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
Synonyms: cithern citole cittern gittern
Related terms: guitar
2. [ noun ] (music) a musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a flat sounding box; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
Synonyms: zithern zither
Related terms: stringed_instrument dulcimer
Similar spelling:   cider
  cather