tambourine

A percussion instrument consisting of a small drumhead with jingling disks fitted into the rim, usually played by shaking and striking with the hand.

A similar instrument without a drumhead.

A parchment-covered racket, resembling a battledore, with which the ball is thrown in the game of tamburello (which see).

A small drum formed of a ring or hoop of wood or sometimes of metal, over which is stretched a single head of parchment.

A long narrow drum or tabor used in Provence; also, a bottle-shaped drum used in Egypt.

A Provençal dance originally executed to the sound of tabor and pipe, with or without singing.

Music for such a dance, in duple rhythm and quick tempo, and usually accompanied by a drone bass of a single tone, as the tonic or the dominant, as if played by rubbing the finger across a tambourine.

A remarkable pigeon of Africa, Tympanistria bicolor. See cut under Tympanistria.

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

A South American wild dove (Tympanistria tympanistria), mostly white, with black-tiped wings and tail. Its resonant note is said to be ventriloquous.