Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Timbrel

Timbrel , noun

[Dim. of Old English timbre, Old French timbre; probably from Latin typmanum, Greek {not transcribed} a kettledrum, but influenced perhaps by Arabic tabl a drum; compare Per. tambal a drum. See Tympanum, and compare 2d Timbre, Tymbal.]

(Music) A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity.
Miriam... took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. — Ex. xv. 20