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timbal definition

tim·bal (tim′bəl)

noun

kettledrum

Etymology: Fr timbale, altered (by assoc. with cymbale, cymbal) < earlier attabale < Sp atabal, a Moorish kettledrum < Ar aṭ-ṭabl < al, the + ṭabl, drum: cf. tabla

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