psaltery

名词 psaltery:

1. an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings

psal.ter.y

n.（名词）
【复数】 psal.ter.ies 也作 psal.tries 【音乐】
An ancient stringed instrument played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.
索特里尔琴：一种古代弦乐器，用指或用一个拨片拨弦演奏

来源：
Middle English psalterie
中古英语 psalterie
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin psaltôrium
源自 拉丁语 psaltôrium
from Greek psaltôrion
源自 希腊语 psaltôrion
from psallein [to play the harp] * see pôl-
源自 psallein [弹奏竖琴] *参见 pôl-