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Definition of Tabret
1. n. A taboret.
Definition of Tabret
1. Noun. A small tabor; a timbrel ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A person who plays the tabor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tabret
1. tabourin [n -S] - See also: tabourin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tabret
Literary usage of Tabret
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biblical Antiquities: A Description of the Exhibit at the Cotton States by Cyrus Adler, Immanuel Moses Casanowicz (1898)
"The tabret or timbrel is mentioned in Genesis xxxi, 27. ... On old Grecian
monuments the tabret is seen in the hands of Bacchantes and priests of Cybele. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"To the last belong the tabret, or timbrel, the castanets, and the cymbals.
That such was the prevalent social condition of the ancient Hebrews in the ..."
3. Sermons by Hugh Blair (1822)
"•The harp, and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts ;
but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of ..."
4. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1912)
"The national instrument of Scotland to-day, it is yet referred to, in Samuel
x., as having a place with the psaltery, the tabret, and the harp amongst the ..."
5. Notes: Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Book of the Prophet by Albert Barnes (1840)
"... a very near resemblance to that which is referred to by the word used by Isaiah.
This instrument is represented in the following cut. IT The tabret. tip ..."