timbal
/ˈtɪmb(ə)l
/noun archaic
A kettledrum.The timbals beat time dully, and the exhausted guests, overcome by drunkenness, nausea and vertigo, became silent....
- Ralph Irizarry, recognized worldwide as an excellent percussionist, first fell in love with the timbal at an early age when his father coincidentally brought home a set received as payment for a debt.
- The percussion group is usually made up of timbals, drums, plates and bass drums and cymbals.
Origin
Late 17th century: from French timbale, alteration (influenced by cymbale 'cymbal') of obsolete tamballe, from Spanish atabal, from Arabic aṭ-ṭabl 'the drum'.