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.
v. i.
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.
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 ]