noun
tabor
TAY-buh
noun
1
A small drum, traditionally played with one stick while the other hand plays a pipe.
"The minstrel kept time on his tabor as he piped a jig."
How to Use Tabor
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small hand drum used in folk and medieval music, often played alongside a simple pipe.
Word Forms
tabored past tense, tabors plural, tabors plural, tabors singular
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Etymology
From Old French tabour, tracing back through Arabic and Persian words for a type of drum; a relative of "tambour" and "tambourine."