Ta"bor (?), n. [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.] 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.]
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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.
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Ta"bor, v. t.
To make (a sound) with a tabor.
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