Cym'bal, n.
n. [Lat. cymbalum, Gr. κύμβαλον, from κύμβος, any thing hollow, hollow vessel, basin; Fr. cymbale, Pr. cimbol, Sp. & Pg. cimbalo, It. cembalo.]
Sense 1. A musical instrument used by the ancients. It is supposed to have been similar to the modern kettle-drum.
Sense 2. A musical instrument of brass, of a circular form, like a dish, held in the hand, and producing, when two are struck together, a sharp, ringing sound.
Cymbals, (2.)
Sense 3. An instrument used by gipsies and vagrants, made of a steel wire, in a triangular form, on which are passed five rings, which are touched and shifted along the triangle with an iron rod held in the left hand, while it is supported in the right by a ring, to give it free motion.
