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taboret

or ٲ·dz·

[ tab-er-it, tab-uh-ret, -rey ]

noun

  1. a low seat without back or arms, for one person; stool.
  2. a frame for embroidery.
  3. a small, usually portable stand, cabinet, or chest of drawers, as for holding work supplies.
  4. a small tabor.


taboret

/ ˈæəɪ /

noun

  1. a low stool, originally in the shape of a drum
  2. a frame, usually round, for stretching out cloth while it is being embroidered
  3. Also calledtaborintabourinˈtæbərɪn a small tabor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of taboret1

First recorded in 1650–60, taboret is from the French word tabouret literally, small drum. See tabor, -et
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of taboret1

C17: from French tabouret, diminutive of tabor
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Example Sentences

His eldest son, a boy of fourteen years, played on the taboret and was almost as grave and silent as he.

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A bronze lamp was in a niche in the wall and a taboret stood in the corner.

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The colored butler passed coffee and cigars and green chartreuse, and when Wheaton declined a cigar, Mabel brought him a cigarette from the taboret from which "The Men" were helped to such trifles.

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She was lying in her steamer chair on the veranda of her house at the time; and by her side, on a taboret, stood a glass of water.

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Three determined pairs of hands intercepted his bold attempt to safely caché a small taboret, a large embroidered doyley, a satin chair cushion, a cut glass scent bottle and a Japanese vase.

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