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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tabor, tabournoun

    a small drum with one head of soft calfskin

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. TABOURnoun

    A small drum; a drum beaten with one stick to accompany a pipe.

    Etymology: tabourin, tabour, old French.

    If you did but hear the pedlar at door, you would never dance again after a tabour and pipe. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

    The shepherd knows not thunder from a tabour,
    More than I know the sound of Marcius’ tongue
    From every meaner man. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

    Morrice-dancers danced a maid marian, and a tabour and pipe. William Temple.

  2. To Tabourverb

    To strike lightly and frequently.

    Etymology: taborer, old French, from the noun.

    And her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabouring upon their breasts. Nah. ii. 7.

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  1. tabour

    A tabour is a small or portable hand drum used primarily for accompanying a pipe or flute. It originates from the Middle East and is often used in traditional and folk music. The term 'tabour' can also refer to the act of playing such a drum.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tabour

    see Tabor

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tabour

    Tabor, tā′bor, n. a small drum like the timbrel or tambourine without jingles, usually played with one stick, and in combination with a fife.—v.i. to play on a tabour: to beat lightly and often:—pr.p. tā′bouring: pa.p. tā′boured.ns. Tā′borer (Shak.), one who beats the tabour; Tab′orine (Shak.), a tabour or small drum; Tab′ouret, Tab′ret, a small tabour or drum; Tab′rēre (Spens.), a labourer. [O. Fr. tabour (Fr. tambour)—Pers. tambūr, a kind of cithern.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. tabour

    A small drum, played with one stick, in combination with a fife. It was formerly used in war, but has now given place to the kettle-drum.

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  1. bar out

  2. outbar

  3. rubato

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tabour in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tabour in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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