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tym⋅bal

  [tim-buhl]
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–noun
timbal.

tim⋅bal

  [tim-buhl]
–noun
1. a kettledrum.
2. Entomology. a vibrating membrane in certain insects, as the cicada.
Also, tymbal.

Origin:
1670–80; < F, MF timbale, alter. (by assoc. with cymbale cymbal ) of tamballe, itself alter. (by assoc. with tambour drum, tambour ) of Sp atabal < Ar al ṭabl the drum
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tim·bal also tym·bal   (tĭm'bəl)   
n.  A kettledrum.

[French timbale, from Old French, alteration (influenced by cymbale, cymbals) of tamballe, alteration (influenced by tambour, drum) of Old Spanish atabal, small drum, from Arabic aṭ-ṭabl, the drum : al-, the + ṭabl, drum; see tabla.]
tym·bal   (tĭm'bəl)   
n.  Variant of timbal.
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Tymbal

Tym"bal\, n. [F. timbale, Sp. timbal; cf. atabal; probably of Arabic origin. Cf. Atabal, Timbrel.] A kind of kettledrum. [Written also trimbal.]

A tymbal's sound were better than my voice. --Prior.
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