n. [ OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr. tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all fr. Ar. & Per. tamb&unr_;r a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. tabīr 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strike lightly and frequently. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make (a sound) with a tabor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who plays on the tabor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of tabor. Cf. Tabret. ] (Mus.) A small tabor. [ Written also tabouret. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. tabourin, F. tambourin. See Tabor, and cf. Tambourine. ] (Mus.) A small, shallow drum; a tabor. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]