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tabour

Tabor \Ta"bor\, n. [OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr. tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all fr. Ar. & Per. tamb?r a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. tab[=i]r a drum. Cf. Tabouret, Tambour.] (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.]

tabour

Tabor \Ta"bor\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tabored; p. pr. & vb. n. Taboring.] [Cf. OF. taborer.] [Written also tabour.]

  1. To play on a tabor, or little drum.

  2. To strike lightly and frequently.

Wiktionary
tabour

n. (context musical instruments English) (alternative spelling of tabor English) vb. (alternative spelling of tabor English)

WordNet
tabour

n. a small drum with one head of soft calfskin [syn: tabor]

Usage examples of "tabour".

They gyrated and shook, bangles jingling, finger-cymbals clashing, to the beat of the tabour and the drone of the doumbek.