Timbrel (Spanish tamburil), a small musical instrument, in use in ancient times, notably by Miriam after the passage of the Red Sea, which was carried in the hand, and was apparently quite similar to the modern Tambourine (q.v.).
Timbrel
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 211
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