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Timbrel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An ancient percussion instrument similar to a tambourine.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An ancient percussion instrument rather like a simple tambourine.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as tambourine. See also tabor.

To sing to the sound of the timbrel.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers

Word Usage

"Their sackbut was something like a bagpipe; the timbrel was a tambourine; and the dulcimer, a horizontal harp with wire strings, and struck with a stick like the psaltery. ""

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

tympan membranophone drum

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