taboret

or tab·ou·ret

[ tab-er-it, tab-uh-ret, -rey ]

noun
  1. a low seat without back or arms, for one person; stool.

  2. a frame for embroidery.

  1. a small, usually portable stand, cabinet, or chest of drawers, as for holding work supplies.

  2. a small tabor.

Origin of taboret

1
First recorded in 1650–60, taboret is from the French word tabouret literally, small drum. See tabor, -et

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How to use taboret in a sentence

  • For example, a bread board or taboret top would require the enrichment in the margin with the center left free.

    Industrial Arts Design | William H. Varnum
  • An inlaid Oriental taboret, on which were a gold cigarette-case and ash-tray, stood beside her on the red-tiled floor.

    The High Heart | Basil King
  • She was lying in her steamer chair on the veranda of her house at the time; and by her side, on a taboret, stood a glass of water.

    The Locusts' Years | Mary Helen Fee
  • The maid came in and placed upon the fine marquetry taboret a heavy old silver tray.

    The Iron Ration | George Abel Schreiner
  • Tim placed the lighted lamp on the taboret, and the boys felt that they had done all that could be done under the circumstances.

British Dictionary definitions for taboret

taboret

tabouret

/ (ˈtæbərɪt) /


noun
  1. a low stool, originally in the shape of a drum

  2. a frame, usually round, for stretching out cloth while it is being embroidered

  1. Also called: taborin, tabourin (ˈtæbərɪn) a small tabor

Origin of taboret

1
C17: from French tabouret, diminutive of tabor

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