timbrel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers

WordNet

Tim"brel noun
Etymology
Dim. of OE. timbre, OF. timbre; probably fr. L. typmanum, Gr. a kettledrum, but influenced perhaps by Ar. tabl a drum; cf. Per. tambal a drum. See Tympanum, and cf. 2d Timbre, Tymbal.
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity.
    Miriam . . . took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. Ex. xv. 20.

Webster 1913