tabret

[tab-rit, tey-brit]

noun

1. a small tabor.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tabret¹

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.

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The harp, and the lute, the tabret, the pipe, and wine are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

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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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