Definition of: harpsichord

(härp′sə·kôrd) noun
A keyboard instrument wide–spread use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th, precursor of the piano, but having the strings plucked by quills instead of struck. [<MF harpechorde <Ital. arpicordo <LL harpa harp + L chorda string <Gk. chordē]

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