atabals

A roar from countless drums, horns, and atabals answered from the

A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903

He is attended as if he were a prince, with drums and atabals, and servants on horse and foot, and brings with him letters of credence from Saladin. ''

The Talisman 1894

On the day after the return of Cortes to Mexico, before the hour of dawn I was awakened from my uneasy slumbers by the whistling cries of thousands of warriors and the sound of atabals and drums.

Montezuma's Daughter Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Moorish _atabals_ gave signal for the fray, and the two hosts surged forward to meet in fierce assault.

Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII Charles Morris 1877

But suddenly they heard a great stir in the grove beyond them; they started in terror as a clash of barbaric music, of cymbals and of atabals, sounded on their ears, and, in an instant, they found themselves surrounded by a swarm of swarthy Saracens.

Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times Elbridge Streeter Brooks 1874

But no sooner did the sun appear than the Crusaders raised their war-cry, and the Turks sounded their trumpets and atabals, -- a mutual challenge to renew the sanguinary conflict.

Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814

He is attended as if he were a prince, with drums and atabals, and servants on horse and foot, and brings with him letters of credence from Saladin.”

The Talisman 2008