D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Timbre

/tăm'bər/ · Tim·bre · IPA /ˈtæm.bɚ/
01 n. See 1st Timber.
  1. 1.
    See 1st Timber. See: Timber
02 n. The crest on a coat of arms.
  1. 1.
    The crest on a coat of arms.(Her.)
  2. 2.
    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.(Mus.) See: Tone, Partial