Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A low stool.
  • noun A low table or cabinet.
  • noun An embroidery frame.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small tabor.
  • noun A seat for one person; especially, a seat without back or arms, or with a very low back, as an ottoman.
  • noun A frame for embroidery.
  • noun A needle-case.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Mus.) A small tabor.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A low stool in the form of a drum.
  • noun A low stand or embroidery frame in the same shape.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a low stool in the shape of a drum

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French tabouret, from Old French taburet, diminutive of tabur, tabor; see tabor.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Old French tabouret ("a stool, pincushion, base of a pillar; literally, a little drum or tabor"), diminutive of tabour ("drum"). Confer French tambour.

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Examples

  • _ The term taboret originally meant a little tabor or drum, and was therefore used to designate a small stool, the seat of which consisted of a piece of stretched leather.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

  • The taboret is a little drawer unit that sits to the right of me me when I’m painting in oil in the studio.

    Archive 2008-01-01 James Gurney 2008

  • The second item is a taboret that my father, a wonderful woodworker, made for me just last year.

    The Old Drawing Table James Gurney 2010

  • Jim's book, at once encyclopedic and anecdotal, belongs beside the taboret of every narrative painter.

    Why I Wrote Imaginative Realism James Gurney 2009

  • The drawing table to our left has an adjacent taboret with inks.

    Milton Caniff's Studio James Gurney 2009

  • The Boby Cart, or taboret, is an iconic mobile storage unit.

    Archive 2009-02-01 lavardera 2009

  • The Boby Cart, or taboret, is an iconic mobile storage unit.

    boby cart, design joe colombo lavardera 2009

  • For a palette I use a disposable palette on top of a taboret.

    Palette Arrangements James Gurney 2008

  • Many artists work on a tabletop or taboret-mounted palette instead of a hand-held palette.

    Archive 2008-06-01 James Gurney 2008

  • Many artists work on a tabletop or taboret-mounted palette instead of a hand-held palette.

    Palette Arrangements James Gurney 2008

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