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Webster 1913 Edition


Tabouret

Tab′ou-ret

,
Noun.
[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.