tambourin

American  

[tam-boo-rin, tahn-boo-ran] / ˈtæm bʊ rɪn, tɑ̃ bʊˈrɛ̃ /

noun

plural

tambourins

1. a long narrow drum of Provence.

2. an old Provençal dance in duple meter, accompanied by a drone bass or by a steady drumbeat.

3. the music for this dance.

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tambourin British  

/ ˈtæmbʊrɪn /

noun

1. an 18th-century Provençal folk dance

2. a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance

3. a small drum

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Etymology

Origin of tambourin

1790–1800; < French < Provençal tamborin, diminutive of tambor tambour

Example Sentences

The tambourin and galoubet and palets and carlamuso all together struck up again; and the shepherds and the lamb's car passed down the nave between the files of candle-bearers and so out through the door.

From The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals by Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone)

One of these ran as follows:— Vous que l'tambour et tambourin A la gloir', au plaisir entraine; Quand vous avez passé le Rhin, Craindrez vous de passer la Seine?

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 by Various

Tallys, Thomas, vocal canon, 37. tambourin, 71. tango, 76. tarantella, 75.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond

After the winding was over, the songs and dances began to the music of a tambourin.

From Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist by Smiles, Samuel

After that you get the Old English Wardour Street variety, and, later still, the tambourin school.

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher