tambourin

American  

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

noun

tambourins plural

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

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

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher

A troop of proud, joyous Vascons soon arrived, dancing a tambourin.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

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)

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

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

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