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tab⋅o⋅ret

[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.
Also, tab⋅ou⋅ret.


Origin:
1650–60; < F tabouret lit., small drum. See tabor, -et
tab·o·ret also tab·ou·ret   (tāb'ə-rět', -rā')   
n.  
  1. A low stool without a back or arms.
  2. A low stand or cabinet.
  3. An embroidery frame.

[French tabouret, from Old French taburet, diminutive of tabur, tabor; see tabor.]

Taboret

Tab"o*ret\, n. [Dim. of tabor. Cf. Tabret.] (Mus.) A small tabor. [Written also tabouret.]
Language Translation for : taboret
Spanish: taburete,
German: der Hocker,
Japanese: 腰掛け

taboret

type of armless and backless seat or stool. Early taborets were probably named for their cylindrical shape, which resembled a drum (Old French: tabour).

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