Tabor

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small drum, often having a snare, played by a fifer to accompany the fife.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small drum. In traditional music, a small drum played with a single stick, leaving the player's other hand free to play a melody on a three-holed pipe.
  • v. To make (a sound) with a tabor.
  • n. A military train of men and wagons; an encampment of such resources.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person.
  • verb-intransitive. To play on a tabor, or little drum.
  • verb-intransitive. To strike lightly and frequently.
  • v. To make (a sound) with a tabor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A small drum or tambourine (without jingles), especially one intended to be used by a piper while playing his pipe; a tabret or timbrel.
  • To play upon or as upon a tabor; drum.
  • To beat as a tabor; drum upon.
  • n. Among the ancient nomadic Turks and Slavs, an encampment fortified by a circle of wagons or the like; afterward, a fortified camp or stronghold in general.
  • n. plural An intrenchment of baggage for defense against cavalry.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small drum with one head of soft calfskin
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tympan    membranophone    drum   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    tabour    taber   
    Form
    tabored    taboring   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aber    Baber    Haber    Labor    Labour    Sabir    aber    belabor    faber    labor   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    timbrel    flageolet    bodhran    tabret    bandera    mandore    horsepond    yawp    viol    tom-tom