Hypertext Webster Gateway: "timbre"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [Probably the same word as timber sort of
wood; cf. Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F.
timbre, LL. timbrium. Cf. {Timmer}.] (Com.)
A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines,
sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases
forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also
{timmer}. [Written also {timbre}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [F. timbre. See {Timbre}.] (Her.)
The crest on a coat of arms. [Written also {timbre}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Timbre \Tim"bre\, n.
See 1st {Timber}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Timbre \Tim"bre\, n. [F., a bell to be struck with a hammer,
sound, tone, stamp, crest, in OF., a timbrel. Cf. {Timbrel}.]
1. (Her.) The crest on a coat of arms.
2. (Mus.) The quality or tone distinguishing voices or
instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the
voice; the timbre of a violin. See {Tone}, and {Partial
tones}, under {Partial}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
timbre
n : the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or
noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was
rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell
summoned them to meet" [syn: {timber}, {quality}, {tone}]
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