timbrel

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈtɪmbɹəl/

Etymology: Diminutive of Old French timbre, from Latin tympanum.

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.[…]"”

Etymology: Diminutive of Old French timbre, from Latin tympanum.

To play the timbrel.
To accompany with the sound of the timbrel.
“with timbrelled anthems”
“Yet there the timbrelled hymn / Rings to Osiris […]”