spi ‧ net /spɪˈnet $ ˈspɪnət/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Italian ; Origin: spinetta , perhaps from Giovanni Spinetti 16th-century Italian musician who supposedly invented the instrument ]
1 . a musical instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries, which is played like a piano
2 . American English a small ↑ upright piano