[ noun ] a small drum with one head of soft calfskin <noun.artifact>
Tabour \Ta"bour\, n. & v. See {Tabor}.
Tabor \Ta"bor\, n. [OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr. tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all fr. Ar. & Per. tamb?r a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. tab[=i]r 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}.]
Tabor \Ta"bor\, 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.