A musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers [syn: zither, cither, zithern]
noun
A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [syn: cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern]
cither \cither\ n.
a musical instrument resembling a harp with strings stretch
over a flat sounding box; the zither. It is played with a
plectrum and with fingers.
