Tim"ber*man (?), n.; pl. Timbermen (&?;). (Mining) A man employed in
placing supports of timber in a mine. Weale.
Tim"ber*work` (?), n. Work made of timbers.
Tim"bre (?), n. See 1st Timber.
Tim"bre, n. [F., a bell to be struck with a hammer, sound, tone, stamp,
crest, in OF., a timbrel. Cf. Timbrel.] 1. (Her.) The crest on a coat
of arms.
2. (Mus.) The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments;
tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a
violin. See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial.
Tim"brel (?), n. [Dim. of OE. timbre, OF. timbre; probably fr. L.
typmanum, Gr. &?; a kettledrum, but influenced perhaps by Ar. tabl a
drum; cf. Per. tambal a drum. See Tympanum, and cf. 2d Timbre, Tymbal.]
(Mus.) A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest
antiquity.
Miriam . . . took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out
after her with timbrels and with dances.
Ex. xv. 20.
{ Tim"breled, Tim"brelled} (?), a. Sung to the sound of the timbrel.
"In vain with timbreled anthems dark." Milton.