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ta·bor also ta·bour (t

b

r)

n.

A small drum, often having a snare, played by a fifer to accompany the fife.

[Middle English tabur, from Old French, alteration of tambur; see tambour.]

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Tabour

tabour - a small drum with one head of soft calfskin

drum, membranophone, tympan - a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

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de Chagny that Erik imitated the roar of a lion on a long tabour or timbrel, with an ass's skin at one end.

The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context

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