Zel

A Moorish cymbal.

Where, some hours since, was heard the swell
Of trumpet, and the clash of zel.

Thomas Moore: Fire-Worshippers.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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