TABOR

tabor, tabour

(noun) a small drum with one head of soft calfskin

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Proper noun

Tabor

A city in Czech Republic t1=Tábor

A city in Slovenia

A surname.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

A mountain in Israel, Mount Tabor

(Christianity, metonym) The Transfiguration of Jesus

Anagrams

• Barot, Barto, Bator, ORBAT, Tobar, Torba, abort, boart, rabot

Etymology 1

Noun

tabor (plural tabors)

A small drum.

In traditional music, a small drum played with a single stick, leaving the player's other hand free to play a melody on a three-holed pipe.

Verb

tabor (third-person singular simple present tabors, present participle taboring, simple past and past participle tabored)

(transitive) To make (a sound) with a tabor.

To strike lightly and frequently.

Etymology 2

Noun

tabor (plural tabors)

A military train of men and wagons; an encampment of such resources.

Anagrams

• Barot, Barto, Bator, ORBAT, Tobar, Torba, abort, boart, rabot

Source: Wiktionary


Ta"bor, n. Etym: [OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr. tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all fr. Ar. & Per. tamb a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. tabir a drum. Cf. Tabouret, Tambour.] (Mus.)

Definition: 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, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tabored; p. pr. & vb. n. Taboring.] Etym: [Cf. OF. taborer.] [Written also tabour.]

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

2. To strike lightly and frequently.

Ta"bor, v. t.

Definition: To make (a sound) with a tabor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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