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.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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