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Webster 1913 Edition
Tabouret
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.