timbale

noun

tim·​bale ˈtim-bəl 

tim-ˈbäl,

tam-

1

a

: a creamy mixture (as of meat or vegetables) baked in a mold

also : the mold in which it is baked

b

: a small pastry shell filled with a cooked timbale mixture

2

or less commonly timbal

ˈtim-bəl 

: one of a set of single-headed cylindrical drums played with sticks

—usually used in plural

Examples of timbale in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To add to the authenticity, Galan tries to get as many products imported from Spain as possible, like the Galician octopus with olive oil, paprika, and flake salt for the pulpo a la Gallega and the Spanish red pepper for the vegetable timbales. —Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023

Lindstrøm incorporated a number of acoustic instruments into the material, including triangles, tambourines, congas, timbales, and flutes, as well as an old Chinese cello and violin. —Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 24 May 2023

With his unmatched prowess on timbales and cheerful pan-Latin rhythms, Puente rewrote the Latin pop playbook for half of the 20th century. —Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 20 Apr. 2023

Mireles, a former high school baseball player, also plays timbales in the cumbia group Cayuga All-Stars and has a DJ residency at Thunderbird Station and Single Wide. —Stephanie Salas-Vega, Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2023

Appetizers cost extra, including shrimp cocktail, oysters, clams, mussels, calamari, gorgonzola brad, crab cake, eggplant timbale, buffalo mozzarella and a hummus plate. —Susan Dunne, courant.com, 28 Mar. 2022

Ralph Irizarry’s virtuosic timbale playing placed him in the tradition of masters such as Tito Puente, said Bobby Sanabria, a percussionist and educator who occasionally performed with Mr. Irizarry. —BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2021

And there were the Puerto Rican timbales players like Tito Puente and Mike Collazo, the great timbalero who played with Tito Rodríguez. —Judy Cantor-Navas, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2019

At one point in the night, two Miami Beach police officers joined the entertainers, with one picking up a pair of drumsticks and playing Puente’s timbales and cowbells and another dancing salsa with one of the dancers on stage. —Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Oct. 2019

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, kettledrum

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1a