Meaning timbrel
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timbrelpercussive Middle Eastern instrument, c. 1500, diminutive of timbre (14c.), from Old French timbre in its older sense of "drum" (see timbre). Used in Bible translations, chiefly to render He [..]
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timbrela tambourine or similar instrument
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timbrelTimbrel [N](Heb. toph), a small drum or tambourine; a tabret (q.v.). The antiquity of this musical instrument appears from the scriptural allusions to it ( Genesis 31:27 ; Exodus 15:20 ; Judges 11:34 [..]
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timbrel(Heb. toph). In old English tabor was used for any drum. Tabouret and tambourine are diminutives of tabor, and denote the instrument now known as the tambourine. Tabret is a contraction of tabouret. T [..]
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timbrel(Heb. toph), a small drum or tambourine; a tabret (q.v.). The antiquity of this musical instrument appears from the scriptural allusions to it (Gen. 31:27; Ex. 15:20; Judg. 11:34, etc.) (See MUSIC.)
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timbrel(n) small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers
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timbrel
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, [..]
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