Middle English Dictionary Entry
timpana n.
Entry Info
Forms | timpana n. |
Etymology | Perh. from OE timpana drum; cp. quot. a1400 in ME timpan n. (a). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
= timpanites n.
Associated quotations
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)182 : Canel..wole represse þe spice of þe dropsie, þe whiche is clepid tympana.