psaltery
psaltery
Definition
psal·tery (sôl′tər ē)
noun pl. -·ter·ies
a stringed instrument of the zither family, popular esp. in 12th-15th cent. Europe, having a modified trapezoidal body and a variable number of strings plucked with the fingers of both hands or a pair of quills
Etymology: ME psauterie < OFr sautere, psalterie < L psalterium: see Psalter
psaltery
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- bow: The exact origins of the bowed psaltery are shrouded in the mists of time.
Noun used with modifier
- snout: The picture here is of a bird sitting on what seems to be a cross between a box and a pigs snout psaltery.
Browse dictionary entries near psaltery
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- PSAP
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- PSC
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- psephology
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