tabor

or ta·ber, ta·bour

[tey-ber]

noun

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

verb (used without object)

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

verb (used with object)

to strike or beat, as on a tabor.

Origin of tabor

1250–1300; (noun) Middle English < Old French tab(o)ur; see tambour; (v.) Middle English tabouren, derivative of the noun or < Old French taborer, derivative of tab(o)ur

Related formsta·bor·er, ta·bour·er, noun

Tabor

[tey-ber]

noun

Mount, a mountain in N Israel, E of Nazareth. 1929 feet (588 meters).

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Examples from the Web for tabor

Contemporary Examples of tabor

“The method combines technologies that have been developed over the last 30 or so years of molecular biology,” Tabor explains.
The Deadliest Art Ever
Jaimie Etkin
May 31, 2010

Historical Examples of tabor

In fact, we overlooked the tribe or inheritance of Zebulon from Carmel to Tabor.
Byeways in Palestine
James Finn
Ireland only uses and delights in two instruments—the harp and tabor.
A Popular History of the Art of Music
W. S. B. Mathews
Scotland has three—the harp, the tabor and the crowth or crowd.
A Popular History of the Art of Music
W. S. B. Mathews
They were not allowed to play the flute, but could indulge in the tabor and other instruments.
Woman's Work in Music
Arthur Elson
And they loved dancing with the girls to the music of pipe and tabor.
The History of London
Walter Besant

British Dictionary definitions for tabor

tabor

tabour

noun

music a small drum used esp in the Middle Ages, struck with one hand while the other held a three-holed pipeSee pipe 1 (def. 7)

Derived Formstaborer or tabourer, noun

Word Origin for tabor

C13: from Old French tabour, perhaps from Persian tabīr

Tabor

noun

Mount Tabor 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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Word Origin and History for tabor

"small drum resembling a tamborine," late 13c., from Old French tabour, tabur "drum" (11c.), probably from Persian tabir "drum," but evolution of sense and form are uncertain. Related to tambourine.