TAMBOURINE

tambourine

(noun) a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tambourine (plural tambourines)

A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.

A tambourine dove.

A kind of Provençal dance.

The music for this dance.

Anagrams

• ibutamoren

Source: Wiktionary


Tam`bour*ine", n. Etym: [F. tambourin; cf. It. tamburino. See Tambour, and cf. Tamborine.]

Definition: A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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