单词 | dhantal |
释义 | dhantaln. In the Caribbean, esp. Trinidad: a percussion instrument consisting of a long steel rod which has a blunt or tapered tip and a looped end which rests on the ground or other surface, and which is played by striking the rod with a metal beater shaped like a horseshoe.The instrument originated in India and is now used chiefly in Indo-Caribbean music such as chutney (chutney n. Additions). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > other tongs1600 riqq1836 morache1896 ratchet1933 reco-reco1942 dhantal1947 spoons1972 ferrinho1988 1947 in G. Rohlehr Calypso & Soc. Pre-independence Trinidad (1990) 493 Come wid a coolie drum an' a dhantal. 1968 M. Slater Caribbean Islands xiii. 217 The beat of Indian instruments, the Tablah and Dhantal. 2004 G. Rohlehr in M. C. Riggio Carnival xviii. 221 Nurtured on both calypso and Indian folk and popular musics, Shorty learned to play the dholak and the dhantal. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1947 |
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