Trichord
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
In
music
, any instrument with three strings, especially the three-stringed lute.
Having three strings; characterized by three strings.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
any
set
of three different
pitch classes
noun.
A
musical instrument
with three
strings
, such as a
lyre
or
harp
.
Word Usage
"Yes -- it _was_ a "trichord cottage," and "but little used" had been;"
cross-reference
trichord pianoforte
Etymologically Related
dyad
hexachord
interval
tetrachord