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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
spinet
spi·net [spinet spinets] BrE [spɪˈnet] NAmE [ˈspɪnət] noun
1. a kind of ↑harpsichord (= an early type of musical instrument), played like a piano
2. ~ piano/organ (US)a small piano/electronic organ
Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: shortening of obsolete French espinette, from Italian spinetta ‘virginal, spinet’, diminutive of spina ‘thorn’, the strings being plucked by quills.
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