Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Timbale \Tim`bale"\, n. [F., prop., a kettledrum; -- so named
   from the form of the mold used. Cf. {Timbal}.] (Cookery)
   A seasoned preparation, as of chicken, lobster, cheese, or
   fish, cooked in a drum-shaped mold; also, a pastry case,
   usually small, filled with a cooked mixture.

Source : WordNet®

timbale
     n 1: individual serving of minced e.g. meat or fish in a rich
          creamy sauce baked in a small pastry mold or timbale
          shell
     2: small pastry shell for creamy mixtures of minced foods [syn:
         {timbale case}]