timbrel

American  

[tim-bruhl] / ˈtɪm brəl /

noun

1. a tambourine or similar instrument.

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timbrel British  

/ ˈtɪmbrəl /

noun

1. Bible another word for tambourine

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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

—Each bore some treasured picture of the past, Some graphic incident, by mellowing time Made beautiful, while ever and anon, Timbrel and harp broke forth, each pause between.

From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard

Take a Psalm, and bring hither the Timbrel, the pleasant Harp with the Psaltery, blow up the Trumpet in the New Moon, in the Time appointed on our solemn Feast-Day, &c.

From A Short Essay Toward the Improvement of Psalmody Or, An Enquiry How the Psalms of David Ought to Be Translated into Christian Songs, and How Lawful and Necessary It Is to Compose Other Hymns According to the Clearer Revelations of the Gospel, for the Use of the Christian Church. by Watts, Isaac

Exceeds the Timbrel, or the Syren's voice Harmonious, when collective plates go round, And Hock and Turtle make the heart rejoice.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 339, November 8, 1828 by Various

I not only saw the whole process of powder-manufacture on a very large scale, but met with a hearty welcome from Major Timbrel, of the Artillery, who at that time superintended the establishment.

From Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. by Davidson, G. F.

He was a composer, and was remembered by one of his airs, at least, into the nineteenth century, namely "Sound the Loud Timbrel."

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald