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tabouret


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Taboret  \Tab"o*ret\,  n.  [Dim.  of  tabor.  Cf  {Tabret}.]  (Mus.) 
  A  small  tabor.  [Written  also  {tabouret}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tabouret  \Tab"ou*ret\,  n.  [F.,  dim.  of  OF  tabor,  tabour,  drum. 
  See  {Tabor}.] 
  1.  Same  as  {Taboret}. 
 
  2.  A  seat  without  arms  or  back  cushioned  and  stuffed:  a  high 
  stool;  --  so  called  from  its  resemblance  to  a  drum. 
 
  3.  An  embroidery  frame.  --Knight. 
 
  {Right  of  the  tabouret},  the  privilege  of  sitting  on  a 
  tabouret  in  the  presence  of  the  severeign,  formerly 
  granted  to  certain  ladies  of  high  rank  at  the  French 
  court. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tabouret 
  n  :  a  low  stool  in  the  shape  of  a  drum  [syn:  {taboret}] 




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