crotale
(ˈkrəʊtal)
[a. F. crotale (see crotal).]
A type of castanet used mainly in Latin-American music; also = crotalum. Usu. pl.
| 1938 Oxf. Compan. Mus. 702/1 The Crotales (Fr.; made of wood or metal) are a variety of castanet. 1949 E. Pound Pisan Cantos lxxix. 79 Is there a sound in the forest of pard or of bassarid Or crotale or of leaves moving? 1964 S. Barrett in Norton & Spacey Drums & Drumming Today 30 The gentle tinkle of Crotales. |