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noun

Tympan n.

A drum. (Obs.)

(Arch.) A panel; a tympanum.

(Print.) A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed.

Tympan sheet (Print.), a sheet of paper of the same size as that to be printed, pasted on the tympan, and serving as a guide in laying the sheets evenly for printing.

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Etymology of 'Tympan'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... lay in the press. The old "bear" folded down the frisket upon the tympan, and the tympan upon the form, ran in the carriage, worked the lever, drew out the carriage, and lifted the frisket and tympan, all with as much agility as the youngest of the tribe. The press, handled in this sort, creaked aloud in such fine ...

— Lost Illusions • Honore De Balzac

... afterwards became his wife. In 1890 he returned to America, becoming instructor in the Art School of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. He has done a number of works for the Congressional Library, the Vanderbilt bronze doors of the St. Bartholomew Church of New York, the tympan of the Madonna and Child in the same church, a statue of William Ellery Channing and many others. His beautiful busts of women are said to be unsurpassed even ...

— Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts • Juliet James

Words linked to "Tympan" : drumhead, timbrel, side drum, gran casa, snare drum, tom-tom, tambour, bongo, tabour, head, percussion instrument, tenor drum, drum, tympanist