Tîm'brel, n.

n. [It. tamburello, diminutive of tamburo, Sp. tamboril, a tabor.] An instrument of music; a kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, which has been in use from the highest antiquity.

And Miriam . . . took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. Ex. XV. 20.