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timbrel
[ tim-bruhl ]
noun
- a tambourine or similar instrument.
timbrel
/ ˈtɪmbrəl /
noun
- Bible another word for tambourine
Other Words From
- timbreled timbrelled adjective
- timbrel·ist noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of timbrel1
Example Sentences
The king and his courtiers dined to the music of timbrels, trumpets, and hautboys, and he reviewed his troops in the presence of carriages full of fair faces.
But the harsh timbrel of the cicada is not a part of this "quiet" music.
There rose the choral hymn of praise, And trump and timbrel answered keen, And Zion's daughters poured their lays, With priest's and warrior's voice between.
Each nation had its own hymn to Santiago, and these, sung to the mingled music of bagpipes, timbrels, bugles, flutes, and harps, must have pealed out strangely on many a silver night.
Now when Iphtah came to Mizpeh unto his house, behold his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and dances: which was his only child; he had none other, son nor daughter.
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