(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:00:41

Tym"pa*no (?), n.; pl. Tympani (#). [It. timpano. See Tympanum.] Mus.

A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum.

[Written also timpano.]

 

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