Timbrel

[timbrәl]

(noun.) small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers.

Typist: Robinson--From WordNet

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

Checker: Raymond

n. an ancient musical instrument carried in the hand apparently like a tambourine.—adj. Tim′brelled (Milt.) sung to the sound of the timbrel.

Edited by Linda

Mrs. Snagsby sounds no timbrel in anybody's ears, but holds her purpose quietly, and keeps her counsel. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
And strike your loud timbrels for joy! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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