timbrel
/ˈtɪmbɹəl/
timbrel noun: an ancient percussion instrument rather like a simple tambourine.
Noun
timbrel (plural timbrels)
- 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 […]1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Religious Musings - "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...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
- Hence the soft couch, and many-colour'd robe,
Verb
timbrel (third-person singular simple present timbrels, present participle (US) timbreling or (UK) timbrelling, simple past and past participle (US) timbreled or (UK) timbrelled)
- To play the timbrel.
- To accompany with the sound of the timbrel.
- with timbrelled anthems1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC
- Yet there the timbrelled hymn / Rings to Osiris […]1833, William Lisle Bowles, St. John in Patmos
timbrel meaning in Urdu
timbrel in Urdu
- پکھاوج
Forms of timbrel
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | timbrels |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | timbrels |
| present participle US | timbreling |
| present participle UK | timbrelling |
| past participle US | timbreled |
| past US | timbreled |
| past participle UK | timbrelled |
| past UK | timbrelled |
Origin of timbrel
Diminutive of Old French timbre, from Latin tympanum.
Words formed from timbrel
Questions about timbrel
- What does timbrel mean?
- Timbrel means an ancient percussion instrument rather like a simple tambourine.
- What is timbrel in Urdu?
- Timbrel in Urdu is پکھاوج. See Timbrel meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is timbrel?
- Timbrel can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce timbrel?
- Timbrel is pronounced /ˈtɪmbɹəl/.
- What is the plural of timbrel?
- The plural of timbrel is timbrels.
Words near timbrel in the dictionary
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