Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small drum, often having a snare, played by a fifer to accompany the fife.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To play upon or as upon a tabor; drum.
- To beat as a tabor; drum upon.
- noun 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.
- noun plural An intrenchment of baggage for defense against cavalry.
- noun A small drum or tambourine (without jingles), especially one intended to be used by a piper while playing his pipe; a tabret or timbrel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person.
- intransitive verb To play on a tabor, or little drum.
- intransitive verb To strike lightly and frequently.
- transitive verb To make (a sound) with a tabor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A military
train of men and wagons; anencampment of such resources. - noun 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.
- verb To make (a sound) with a tabor.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small drum with one head of soft calfskin
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word tabor.
Examples
-
“So that particular show we experimented with all kinds of things, I brought a harmonium, there was a tabor daoul, oud of course, sitar, it was just an array of different instruments,” he added.
Musician Malley Credits Music for Appreciation of Palestinian Culture 2011
-
“So that particular show we experimented with all kinds of things, I brought a harmonium, there was a tabor daoul, oud of course, sitar, it was just an array of different instruments,” he added.
Musician Malley Credits Music for Appreciation of Palestinian Culture 2011
-
The military instruments of the pipe and tabor, Gubbio studiolo.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
-
The pipes and tabor, instruments devised for this mode of agitation, are depicted in both studioli.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
-
His musicians played for us while we ate, and when the meal had been cleared away and the table removed, we danced to the sound of lute and pipe and tabor.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
-
The military instruments of the pipe and tabor, Gubbio studiolo.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
-
His musicians played for us while we ate, and when the meal had been cleared away and the table removed, we danced to the sound of lute and pipe and tabor.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
-
The military instruments of the pipe and tabor, Gubbio studiolo.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
-
His musicians played for us while we ate, and when the meal had been cleared away and the table removed, we danced to the sound of lute and pipe and tabor.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
-
It is also fitting that the pipe and tabor — instruments played during military marching — are placed alongside the candied fruit as a reminder of Guidobaldo's worldly responsibilities as a condottiere. back
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word tabor
Also, a military formation of circled wagons (like a laager).
August 15, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word tabor
Also, a kind of cheese from Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
January 20, 2009
bilby commented on the word tabor
I like the concept of 'an intrenchment of baggage for defense against cavalry.'
September 4, 2015
bilby commented on the word tabor
Just think how the course of human history has been changed by Delta losing people's suitcases.
September 4, 2015