古乐器，奏乐将终，击敔使演奏停止。

〈名〉

1. 古乐器 。又称楬。形如伏虎,奏乐将终,击敔使演奏停止

   敔,禁也。一曰乐器,椌楬也,形如木虎。——《说文》

   敔,衙也,衙,止也,所以止乐也。——《释名》

percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the back, across which one runs a drumstick