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

Here Saul would meet a company of prophets coming down from the holy place, with psaltery, and tabret, and pipe, and harp, and here his mind would undergo a change, and he would be impelled to join the prophets’ company.

From Project Gutenberg

In the prophet-schools of the Israelites music seems to have played a prominent part, for Samuel told Saul he would meet at the hill of Gad "a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery and a tabret and a pipe before them."

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

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Thou shalt meet a company of prophets with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy.

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Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp; and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.

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