tabour
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ta·bor
also ta·bour (tā′bər)n.
A small drum, traditionally played with one hand while playing a pipe with the other.
[ Middle English tabour, from Old French, variant of tambour; see tambour.]
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Noun | 1. | 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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