TAMBOURINE
NOUNS
► TAMBERBASE ► TAMBER DE BASE ► TAMBOURBASQUE ► TAMBOUR DE BASQUE a tambourine → 1688
► TIMBREL a musical instrument of percussion; a tambourine or the like that could be help up in the hand → 1500-20
► TIMP a tambourine → c1205 obs.
► TYMPANUM a drum or similar instrument, as a tambourine or timbrel; also, the stretched membrane of a drum → 1675
► TYMPANY a drum or similar instrument, as a tambourine → 1534 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► TAMBO the tambourine-player in a Black minstrel troupe → 1884
► TIMBESTER a female performer on the ‘timbrel’ → a1366
► TIMBRELLER a performer on the ‘timbrel’ → 1833
► TIMBRER a timbrel-player → c1425 obs.
► TYMPANISTER a female player on a drum or tambourine → 1382 obs.
VERBS
► TIMBRE to play on the ‘timbrel’ → c1400 obs.
► TIMBREL to play upon a ‘timbrel’; to accompany with a ‘timbrel’ or similar instrument → 1629
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