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tim·bale (tim′bəl; Fr tan bȧl′)

noun

  1. a mixture, as of chicken, lobster, or vegetables in a cream sauce, baked in a small drum-shaped mold; also, the mold
  2. type of fried or baked pastry shell, filled with a cooked food
    also timbale case

Etymology: Fr, lit., kettledrum: see timbal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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