TA'BOR, noun [Eng. tap.] A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife. TA'BOR, verb intransitive To strike lightly and frequently. Her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, taboring upon their breasts. Nahum 2. 1. To play on a tabor or little drum.
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