tabor

¹ American  

[tey-ber] / ˈteɪ bər /

Or taber,

noun

1. a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.

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verb (used without object)

1. to play upon or as if upon a tabor; drum.

verb (used with object)

1. to strike or beat, as on a tabor.

Tabor ² American  

[tey-ber] / ˈteɪ bər /

noun

1. Mount, a mountain in N Israel, E of Nazareth. 1,929 feet (588 meters).

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Tabor ¹ British  

/ ˈteɪbə /

noun

1. a mountain in N Israel, near Nazareth: traditionally regarded as the mountain where the Transfiguration took place. Height: 588 m (1929 ft)

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tabor ² British  

/ ˈteɪbə /

noun

1. music a small drum used esp in the Middle Ages, struck with one hand while the other held a three-holed pipe See pipe 1

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Other Word Forms

• taborer noun
• tabourer noun

Etymology

Origin of tabor

First recorded in 1250–1300; (noun) Middle English, from Old French tab(o)ur; tambour; (verb) Middle English tabouren, derivative of the noun or from Old French taborer, derivative of tab(o)ur

Example Sentences

The tabor was also the earliest ever found and the drumstick was of a design never previously seen.

From Literature

Dancers wearing bells stepped high, clapping to the beat of tabors and the whisde of pipes.

From Literature

Cross-dressed women, star-crossed lovers and someone pestering a pipe and tabor is most of what I want out of a midsummer night at the theater.

From New York Times

The doublets and dresses worn by the cast are made from hand-stitched linen, wool and silk, while the music is played live on lutes, tabors and other period instruments.

From Seattle Times

Then sounded trumpets and drums; and morris-dancers in motley attire, and enlivened by the music of pipe and tabor, danced in glee around it, while thousands of throats became hoarse with loyal shouting.

From Project Gutenberg