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‖ tintinnabulum|tɪntɪˈnæbjʊləm|
Pl. -a.
[L., a bell f. tintinnā-re to ring, clink, jingle + -bulum, suffix of instrument.]
A small tinkling bell. Also fig. b. See quot. 1877.
[1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. cxxviii. (1495) 935 Tintinabulum is the belle that is often hangyd abowte the neckes of houndes & fete of foules and byrdes.] 15971st Pt. Return fr. Parnass. v. i. 1465 Thoue whorsonn tintunabulum, thou that art the scorne of all good witts. 1782Cowper Table-t. 529 Beating alternately, in measured time, The clockwork tintinnabulum of rhyme. 1877Knight Dict. Mech., Tintinnabulum, a musical instrument of percussion, consisting of a number of bells suspended in a frame. |