atabal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish atabal, from Arabic الطَّبْل‎ (aṭ-ṭabl, “drum”), طَبَلَ‎ (ṭabala, “to drum”). Compare tabor, tymbal, tabla.

Noun

atabal (plural atabals)

  1. A kettledrum; a kind of tabor used by the Moors.
    • George Croly
      The night was wild, the atabal / Scarce echoed on the rampart wall.

Anagrams

Spanish

Noun

atabal m (plural atabales)

  1. atabal
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