Timbale

DEFINITION

The French term for timpani.Also [Eng.] kettledrum; [Fr.] timbale; [Fr.] timbales; [Ger.] Pauke; [Ger.] Pauken; [It.] timpani; [It.] timpano; [It.] timballo; [It.] tympani; [Sp.] timbal or [Sp.] atabal.