taborine

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/tæbəˈɹiːn/

noun

A small, shallow drum; a tabor.

OriginOld French tabourin ← French tambourin →
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Meanings

nountaborine (plural taborines)

plural taborines · alternative taborin

  1. A small, shallow drum; a tabor.

    Beat loud the taborines, let the trumpets blow, / That this great soldier may his welcome know.

    c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]

Origin

  1. Frenchtambourin
  2. Old Frenchtabourin
  3. Englishtaborine

Old French tabourin, French tambourin. See tabor, and compare tambourine.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

baritoneabrotineberationreobtainborinateobtainer
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APA

taborine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taborine

MLA

“taborine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taborine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “taborine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taborine.

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