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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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