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.