dulcimer
(noun)
noun
1. a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
Definition categories: man–made
2. a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers
Definition categories: man–made, cither, zither, zithern
Sentences with dulcimer as a noun:
- The two classes of dulcimer are the "Mountain" or "Appalachian" dulcimer (plucked and played with a quill, usually a goose quill) and the hammer dulcimer (played by tapping on the strings with small "hammers"). See also: zither