tabor, tabour
(noun) a small drum with one head of soft calfskin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Tabor
A city in Czech Republic t1=Tábor
A city in Slovenia
A surname.
A mountain in Israel, Mount Tabor
(Christianity, metonym) The Transfiguration of Jesus
• Barot, Barto, Bator, ORBAT, Tobar, Torba, abort, boart, rabot
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.
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.
tabor (plural tabors)
A military train of men and wagons; an encampment of such resources.
• 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
22 February 2025
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