Definition of "zithern" []

• A zither (noun)

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• "Her black hair was in two long braids, and she was carrying a small musical instrument that Philip said was a zithern."
• "There was a zithern accompaniment by the girl in orange, but it was soft and unobtrusive, that the lines themselves might not be obscured."
• "Blaney read some of his poems, to a zithern accompaniment, but they weren't very impressive, and not nearly so poetic as the lines he had written for her."