[ˈtɪmbl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a kettledrum

- a membrane that forms part of the sound-producing organ in various insects, such as the cicada


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Origin:
late 17th century: from French timbale, alteration (influenced by cymbale ‘cymbal’) of obsolete tamballe, from Spanish atabal, from Arabic aṭ-ṭabl ‘the drum’