spinet

noun
🔊/spɪˈnet/
🔊/ˈspɪnət/
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  1. a kind of harpsichord (= an early type of musical instrument), played like a piano斯皮耐琴(小型拨弦键琴)Topics Musicc2
  2. spinet piano/organ (US English) a small piano/electronic organ小型钢琴/电子琴Topics Musicc2
  3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: shortening of obsolete French espinette, from Italian spinetta ‘virginal, spinet’, diminutive of spina ‘thorn’, the strings being plucked by quills.