timbrel
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- timbreled adjective
- timbrelist noun
- timbrelled adjective
Etymology
Origin of timbrel
1490–1500; earlier timbre drum ( see timbre) + -el diminutive suffix
Example Sentences
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But passing the timbrel each year for money irks a good manager.
From Time Magazine Archive
In it, he brings off an excruciating knock-knock joke in French-en route to his conclusion about the uses of laughter in the gloomy present: "In this age penumbral,/Let the timbrel resound in the tumbrel."
From Time Magazine Archive
Musicians came in, and the harp, the timbrel, the flute, the cymbals, the drum, and the silver bugle enlivened the entertainment.
From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry
In front of a coffee-house I noticed some men collected round an improvisatore, who was singing and accompanying himself on the timbrel.
From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Pardoe, Julia
It is his own daughter, his only child, going out to meet him with the timbrel and with dances.
From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby
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