timbre

The combination of qualities of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch and volume.

Distinctive character.

To play the timbrel.

In acoustics, that characteristic quality of sounds produced from some particular source, as from an instrument or a voice, by which they are distinguished from sounds from other sources, as from other instruments or other voices; quality; tone-color.

A tambourine; a timbrel.

Same as timbe.

An old spelling of timber, timber, timber.

See 1st timber.

The crest on a coat of arms.

The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial.