Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tabouret"
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) 1.7 (wn)
tabouret
n : a low stool in the shape of a drum [syn: {taboret}]
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