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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Tim'bre, n.

noun

(tīm'ber), n. [Fr. timbre. See TIMBER.]

  1. (Her.) A rank or row, as of ermine; also, the crest on a coat of arms.
  2. (Mus.) The quality of tone distinguishing voices or instruments; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin.
  3. A legal quantity of small skins, being forty or fifty, packed between two boards. Of some skins the number is 120. [Written also timmer.]