tabor

noun

ta·​bor ˈtā-bər 

variants or less commonly tabour

: a small drum with one head of soft calfskin used to accompany a pipe or fife played by the same person

Illustration of tabor

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, ultimately from Persian tabīr drum

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

tabor

noun

ta·​bor ˈtā-bər 

: a small drum with one head used to accompany a pipe played by the same person