TIMBREL Meaning of TIMBREL in English [ 'tɪmbr(ə)l ]■ noun archaic a tambourine or similar instrument.OriginC16: perh. a dimin. of obs. timbre , in the same sense, from OFr. (see timbre ). Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004