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timbrelist

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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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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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