Tȳm'bal, n.

n. [Also written timbal.] [Fr. timbale, Sp. timbal, timpano, It. timballo, taballo, timpano, Lat. tympanum, Gr. τύμπανον, τύπανον, from τύπτω, to beat.] A kind of kettle-drum.

A tymbal's sound were better than my voice. Prior.