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tambourine |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tambourine \Tam`bour*ine"\, n. A South American wild dove ({Tympanistria tympanistria}), mostly white, with black-tiped wings and tail. Its resonant note is said to be ventriloquous. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tambourine \Tam`bour*ine"\, n. [F. tambourin; cf It tamburino. See {Tambour}, and cf {Tamborine}.] A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tambourine n : a shallow one-headed drum with metallic disks in the sides
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