tambourine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides

WordNet

Tam`bour*ine" noun
Etymology
F. tambourin; cf. It. tamburino. See Tambour, and cf. Tamborine.
Definitions
  1. A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel.

Webster 1913