tabret

American  

[tab-rit, tey-brit] / ˈtæb rɪt, ˈteɪ brɪt /

noun

1. a small tabor.

2. Obsolete. a person who plays upon this instrument.

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Etymology

Origin of tabret

1350–1400; Middle English taberett, equivalent to taber (variant of tabor ) + -ett -et

Example Sentences

But no tabret have I: wherefore choose which of these others you will have.

From The Decameron, Volume II by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)

And the harp and the viol, and tabret and pipe, and wine are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.

From What to Do? Thoughts Evoked By the Census of Moscow by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

Now, on the floor near them was a golden square of sunlight, and, tabret in hand, she sprang up and began to dance in it.

From Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ by Bacheller, Irving

And though she got not the five pounds from him, he put a new skin on her tabret, and fitted it with a little bell, wherewith she was satisfied.

From The Decameron, Volume II by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)

"And the harp and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine are in their feasts."

From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger