单词 | zill |
释义 | zilln. A type of cymbal traditionally used in Turkish and Middle Eastern music or dance; esp. a small cymbal of a kind usually played in pairs, being attached to the fingers and thumb and struck together to make a sound (cf. finger cymbal n. at finger n. Compounds 2a). Frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > cymbal cymbalc825 chimea1300 chime-bellc1300 basinsa1350 target1696 zill1754 cymbalon1824 finger cymbal1845 crash cymbal1927 choke-cymbal1934 sock cymbal1936 sizzle cymbal1944 top cymbal1948 ride1956 splash cymbal1961 1754 A. Drummond Travels v. 119 Brass plates, which they call zel, or cymbals, which a fellow gingled together. 1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh i. 8 Where, some hours since, was heard the swell Of trumpet and the clash of zel. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila iv. i. 167 The clash of the zell, the boom of the African drum, and the wild and barbarous blast of the Moorish clarion. 1870 C. Engel Descr. Catal. Mus. Instruments in S. Kensington Museum 25 The brothers Keuropé..export annually about 1,300 pairs of zils into Western European countries. 1978 Dance Res. Jrnl. 10 16/1 A dancer may have tied a scarf tightly around her hips, draped a scarf over her hands or picked up a set of zills. 2002 Time 28 Oct. 57/3 Belly dancing..classes are accompanied by live percussionists and women play finger cymbals called zills. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1754 |
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