TIMBRE

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

See 1st Timber.

2.
n.

The crest on a coat of arms.

3.
n.

The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial.


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