Tabor1. (n.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person.
2. (v. i.) To play on a tabor, or little drum.
3. (v. i.) To strike lightly and frequently.
4. (v. t.) To make (a sound) with a tabor.
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