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tabor

1
or ta·ber, ta·bour

[ tey-ber ]

noun

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


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

[ tey-ber ]

noun

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

Tabor

1

/ ˈteɪbə /

noun

  1. Mount Tabor
    a mountain in N Israel, near Nazareth: traditionally regarded as the mountain where the Transfiguration took place. Height: 588 m (1929 ft)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tabor

2

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈtaborer, noun
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Other Words From

  • tabor·er tabour·er noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tabor1

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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tabor1

C13: from Old French tabour, perhaps from Persian tabīr
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Example Sentences

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

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.

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.

These girls shouted bitter mockery against the Mussulmans; or recited epic poems, accompanying their rhymes with the thumping of tabors, causing the hearts of their lovers to palpitate with burning ardour.

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.

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