taborine
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Old French tabourin, French tambourin. See tabor, and compare tambourine.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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.