taborine

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tæbəˈɹiːn/

Noun

taborine (plural taborines)

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

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