2. To strike lightly and frequently.

Ta"bor, v. t. To make (a sound) with a tabor.

Ta"bor*er (?), n. One who plays on the tabor. Shak.

Tab"o*ret (?), n. [Dim. of tabor. Cf. Tabret.] (Mus.) A small tabor.

[Written also tabouret.]

Tab"o*rine (?), n. [OF. tabourin, F. tambourin. See Tabor, and cf.

Tambourine.] (Mus.) A small, shallow drum; a tabor.

Ta"bor*ite (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of certain Bohemian reformers who

suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; — so called from Tabor,

a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their

struggles.

Ta"bour (?), n. & v. See Tabor.

Tab"ou*ret (?), n. [F., dim. of OF. tabor, tabour, drum. See Tabor.] 1.

Same as Taboret.

2. A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; —

so called from its resemblance to a drum.

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