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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread timbrel #113474 10/12/2003 1:05 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "Mrs Snagsby sounds no timbrel in anybody’s ears, but holds her purpose quietly, and keeps her counsel." TIMBREL Pronunciation: 'timbrul Matching Terms: timbre, Timbreled WordNet Dictionary Definition: [n] small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: timbrel #113475 12/26/2003 7:38 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Here's a photograph I hope will open: http://www.bibarch.com/Images/instrument4.jpg Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: timbrel #113476 12/26/2003 8:04 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I saw that picture, but couldn't be sure what it was supposed to represent. Maybe an inflated large intestine, inflated tightly. Maybe plucking it would make a sound. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: timbrel #113477 12/27/2003 11:38 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Oh, hitting, not plucking, would make the sound. The timbrel appears to be a tambourine without the drum head from most of the photographs I checked out--or perhaps simply a very small tambourine. Since it's called the timbrel and lacks the 'tambour' or drum component, I would suspect that timbrels were simply circles of small metal pieces hitting against each other and that the tambourine was distinguished from the timbrel because of the drum head addition. It would be interesting to know the history of the two instruments. I'd guess that the timbrel preceded the tambourine. The timbrel is mentioned in biblical text. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: timbrel #113478 12/27/2003 11:48 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont this is what I found with a quick search: http://www.creativesound.com.au/pr-percussion/timbrel.JPG I'll look more later... there may be a bit more to it than just another name for tambourine. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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