tambourins

noun

1. 1.An old lively Provençal dance, common on the stage.
2. 2.A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
3. 3.A tambourine dove.
4. 4.A kind of Provençal dance.
5. 5.The music for this dance.