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Timbrel

//ˈtɪmbɹəl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To play the timbrel. intransitive
  2. 2
    To accompany with the sound of the timbrel. transitive

    "with timbrelled anthems"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Diminutive of Old French timbre, from Latin tympanum.

Etymology 2

Diminutive of Old French timbre, from Latin tympanum.

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