tabor
pronunciation
How to pronounce tabor in British English:
UK [ˈteɪbə(r)]
How to pronounce tabor in American English:
US [ ˈteɪbər]
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- Noun:
- a small drum with one head of soft calfskin
Word Origin
- tabor
- tabor: see tambourine
- tabor (n.)
- also tabour, "small drum resembling a tamborine," c. 1300, from Old French tabour, tabur "drum; din, noise, commotion" (11c.), probably from Persian tabir "drum," but evolution of sense and form are uncertain; compare tambourine.
Example
- 1. So barak went down from mount tabor with ten thousand men after him .
- 2. So barak went down from mount tabor , and ten thousand men after him .
- 3. Over the years voters have loosened some of tabor 's restrictions temporarily , and on april 28th lawmakers passed a bill relaxing the 6 % limit .
- 4. This judgment is against you : you have been a snare at mizpah , a net spread out on tabor .
- 5. You have made the north and the south ; tabor and hermon are sounding with joy at your name .