The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tympano
Tympano \Tym"pa*no\, n.; pl. Tympani. [It. timpano. See Tympanum.] (Mus.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum. [Written also timpano.]
Wiktionary
tympano
n. (context music English) A kettledrum.