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timbal

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tim·bal also tym·bal  (tmbl)
n.
A kettledrum.
[French timbale, from Old French, alteration (influenced by cymbale, cymbals) of tamballe, alteration (influenced by tambour, drum) of Old Spanish atabal, small drum, from Arabic a-abl, the drum : al-, the + abl, drum; see tabla.]


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Indeed, the sailors assured me that often at night the playing of timbals could be heard upon it.
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