Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Timbale

Timbale , noun

[French, prop., a kettledrum; -- so named from the form of the mold used. Compare Timbal.]

(Cookery) A seasoned preparation, as of chicken, lobster, cheese, or fish, cooked in a drum-shaped mold; also, a pastry case, usually small, filled with a cooked mixture.