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Webster 1913 Edition
Timbrel
Tim′brel
,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 Tympanum
, and cf. 2d Timbre
, Tymbal
.] (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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Timbrel
TIM'BREL
,Noun.
And Miriam took a timbrel in her hand--and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. Ex.15.
Definition 2024
timbrel
timbrel
English
Noun
timbrel (plural timbrels)
- An ancient percussion instrument rather like a simple tambourine.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- 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 […]
- Hence the soft couch, and many-colour'd robe,
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter II”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. […]"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge