Tabling house, a gambling house. [Obs.] Northbrooke.
Ta*boo" (?), n. A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or
approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, — an
interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the
islands of Polynesia; interdiction. [Written also tabu.]
Ta*boo", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabooed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tabooing.] To
put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict
approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a
sanctuary for criminals. [Written also tabu.]
Ta"bor (?), n. [OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr. tabor, tanbor,
Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all fr. Ar. & Per. tamb&?;r a
kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. tabr a drum. Cf. Tabouret, Tambour.]
(Mus.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both
being played by the same person. [Written also tabour, and taber.]
Ta"bor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tabored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Taboring.]
[Cf. OF. taborer.] [Written also tabour.] 1. To play on a tabor, or
little drum.