tabor
or ta·ber, ta·bour
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
to play upon or as if upon a tabor; drum.
to strike or beat, as on a tabor.
Origin of tabor
1Other words from tabor
- ta·bor·er, ta·bour·er, noun
Other definitions for Tabor (2 of 2)
Mount, a mountain in N Israel, E of Nazareth. 1,929 feet (588 meters).
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How to use tabor in a sentence
In the early drawings reproduced by Strutt (see ante p. 102) the taborers show as a rule three fingers only.
Rustic Sounds | Francis Darwin
British Dictionary definitions for tabor (1 of 2)
tabour
/ (ˈteɪbə) /
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 (def. 7)
Origin of tabor
1Derived forms of tabor
- taborer or tabourer, noun
British Dictionary definitions for Tabor (2 of 2)
/ (ˈteɪbə) /
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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