tim|bal

tim|bal
tim|bal «TIHM buhl», noun.
1. = kettledrum. (Cf.kettledrum)
2. a vibrating membrane like a drumhead, by which a shrill or chirping sound is produced, as in the cicada and certain other insects. Also, tymbal.
[< Middle French timbale, alteration of tamballe, alteration of Spanish atabal Moorish drum < Arabic a the drum. Compare etym. under atabal. (Cf.atabal)]

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