tabor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small drum with one head of soft calfskin
    tabour.

WordNet

Ta"bor noun
Etymology
OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr. tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all fr. Ar. & Per. tambr a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. tabir a drum. Cf. Tabouret, Tambour.
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person. Written also tabour, and taber.
Ta"bor intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. OF. taborer.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Tabored ; present participle & verbal noun Taboring
Definitions
  1. To play on a tabor, or little drum.
  2. To strike lightly and frequently.
Ta"bor transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make (a sound) with a tabor.

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