Gittern has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
A small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, most commonly with three to four strings in doubles courses; it is a flat-backed predecessor of the guitar, and it originated around the 13th century, coming to Europe via Moorish Spain.
To play on the gittern.