timbalesn.
/tɪmˈbɑːlɪz/, /tɪmˈbɑːleɪz/, U.S. /tɪmˈbɑliz/, /tɪmˈbɑleɪz/ With plural agreement. In Latin American music: a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of cylindrical, single-headed drums played with sticks.
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1928 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 72 A fashionable evening event along the Havana water-front is a concert by black boys with their primitive African instruments, the bongo, timbales, guiro, maracas, and claves.
1966 Crescendo Dec. 27/1 L/A bands heavily feature bongoes, timbales and conga drums.
1974 Nation (Barbados) 3 Mar. 5/1 The BRC were doing a calypso and cut for drummer ‘Boo’ and stand-in timbales player L.O.D. to go into a lengthy drumming session.
2004 Mod. Drummer June 12/1 It's a complete look at the use of timbales, congas, bongos, djembe, and percussion ‘toys’ in a musical setting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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