timbrel

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Pronunciation

/ˈtɪmbɹəl/

Definition of timbrel

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

An ancient percussion instrument rather like a simple tambourine.

“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 […]”
“"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.[…]"”

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noun

An ancient percussion instrument rather like a simple tambourine.

“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 […]”
“"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.[…]"”

verb

(intransitive)To play the timbrel.
(transitive)To accompany with the sound of the timbrel.

“with timbrelled anthems”
“Yet there the timbrelled hymn / Rings to Osiris […]”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Diminutive of Old French timbre, from Latin tympanum.

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