[It. crotalo (in Florio), ad. L. crotalum: see below.] = CROTALUM.
a. 1682. Sir T. Browne, Tracts (1852), III. 271. All sorts of sistrums, crotaloes, cymbals, tympans, &c. in use among the ancients.
1842. Brande, Dict. Sc., Crotalo, a musical instrument used chiefly by the Turks. Hence in mod. Dicts.
