Tabor

UK: /ˈteɪbə/ US: (tā′bər)

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Tabor / ˈteɪbə/ noun

1. Mount Tabor ⇒ a mountain in N Israel, near Nazareth: traditionally regarded as the mountain where the Transfiguration took place. Height: 588 m (1929 ft)

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ta•bor  (tā′bər), n. 

1. Music and Dance a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.

v.i. 

2. Music and Dance to play upon or as if upon a tabor;
   drum.

v.t. 

3. Music and Dance to strike or beat, as on a tabor.

Also, taber, ta′bour. 

• Old French taborer, derivative of tab(o)ur
• Old French tab(o)ur; see tambour; (verb, verbal) Middle English tabouren, derivative of the noun, nominal or
• (noun, nominal) Middle English 1250–1300

ta′bor•er, ta′bour•er, n. 

Ta•bor  (tā′bər), n. 

1. Place Names Mount, a mountain in N Israel, E of Nazareth. 1929 ft. (588 m).

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tabor, tabour / ˈteɪbə/ noun

1. a small drum used esp in the Middle Ages, struck with one hand while the other held a three-holed pipe
   See pipe17

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French tabour, perhaps from Persian tabīr