taborine

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæbəˈɹiːn/

Noun

taborine (plural taborines)

1. A small, shallow drum; a tabor.
   • c. 1602, 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]:

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

Anagrams

• abrotine, baritone, beration, borinate, obtainer, reobtain