timple

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional musical instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia, having four or more commonly five strings, and similar in size to a ukulele but with a distinctive semi-round back.

Word forms

timple timples

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish timple, from tiple, of uncertain etymology.

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