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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Dim. of OE.

timbre

, OF.

timbre

; probably fr. L.

typmanum

, Gr. [GREEK] a kettledrum, but influenced perhaps by Ar.

tabl

a drum; cf. Per.

tambal

a drum. See

, and cf. 2d

(Mus.)

A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity.

Miriam . . . took a

timbrel

in her hand, and all the women went out after her with

timbrels

and with dances.

Ex. xv. 20.

Noun.

[L. tympanum.] An instrument of music; a kind of drum, tabor or tabret,which has been in use from the highest antiquity.

And Miriam took a timbrel in her hand--and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. Ex.15.