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tim⋅brel

  [tim-bruhl]
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–noun
a tambourine or similar instrument.
Origin:
1490–1500; earlier timbre drum (see timbre ) + -el dim. suffix

Related forms:
timbreled, timbrelled, adjective
tim⋅brel⋅ist, noun
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tim·brel   (tĭm'brəl)   
n.  An ancient percussion instrument similar to a tambourine.

[Diminutive of Middle English timbre, drum, from Old French; see timbre.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

timbrel 
"percussive Middle Eastern instrument," c.1500, dim. of timbre (q.v.) in its older Fr. sense of "drum." Used in Bible translations, chiefly to render Heb. taph, cognate with Arabic duff "drum," of imitative origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

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.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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