Tabour

Tabor , tā′bor, n. a small drum like the timbrel or tambourine without jingles, usually played with one stick, and in combination with a fife.— v.i. to play on a tabour: to beat lightly and often:— pr.p. tā′bouring: pa.p. tā′boured. — ns. Tā′borer ( Shak. ), one who beats the tabour; Tab′orine ( Shak. ), a tabour or small drum; Tab′ouret , Tab′ret , a small tabour or drum; Tab′rēre ( Spens. ), a labourer. [O. Fr. tabour (Fr. tambour )—Pers. tambūr , a kind of cithern.]