Hypertext Webster Gateway: "timbrel"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Timbrel
(Heb. toph), a small drum or tambourine; a tabret (q.v.). The
antiquity of this musical instrument appears from the scriptural
allusions to it (Gen. 31:27; Ex. 15:20; Judg. 11:34, etc.) (See {MUSIC}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Timbrel \Tim"brel\, n. [Dim. of OE. timbre, OF. timbre; probably
fr. L. typmanum, Gr. ? a kettledrum, but influenced perhaps
by Ar. tabl a drum; cf. Per. tambal a drum. See {Tympanum},
and cf. 2d {Timbre}, {Tymbal}.] (Mus.)
A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest
antiquity.
Miriam . . . took a timbrel in her hand, and all the
women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
--Ex. xv. 20.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
timbrel
n : small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by
itinerant jugglers
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