Timbrel
/ˈtɪmbɹəl/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An ancient percussion instrument rather like a simple tambourine.
"Hence the soft couch, and many-colour'd robe, The timbrel and arch'd dome and costly feast, With all th' inventive arts that nurse the soul To forms of beauty […]"
- 2 small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers wordnet
Verb
- 1 To play the timbrel. intransitive
- 2 To accompany with the sound of the timbrel. transitive
"with timbrelled anthems"
Example
More examples"So Mary the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand: and all the women went forth after her with timbrels and with dances."
Etymology
Diminutive of Old French timbre, from Latin tympanum.