n.
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, cymbal, probably from Anglo-French *chimbe, cime, from Latin cymbalum cymbal
Date: 15th century
1 : an apparatus for chiming a bell or set of bells
2 a : a musically tuned set of bells b : one of a set of objects giving a bell-like sound when struck
3 a : the sound of a set of bells ― usually used in plural b : a musical sound suggesting that of bells
4 : ACCORD , HARMONY <such happy chime of fact and theory ― Henry Maudsley>