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tambourin
(‖ tɑ̃burɛ̃, ˈtæmbʊrɪn)
[mod.F. (Voltaire 1769) = Pr. tamborin, It. tamburino, dim. of tambour drum: the earlier Fr. form down to 1700 was tabourin: see taborin.]
1. The long narrow drum or tabor used in Provence (see taborin); applied also to ‘a bottle-shaped drum used in Egypt’ (Cent. Dict.).
1833Brewster Nat. Magic viii. 205 He holds in one hand a flageolet, and in the other the stick with which he beats the tambourin. 1907Rickert Gold. Hawk xxxix. 296 The music was pipe and tambourin, of course, how else should one dance in Provence?
2. A Provençal dance, originally accompanied by the tambourin.
b. A piece of music for such a dance, in duple rhythm and quick time.
1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVIII. 305/1 Tambourin,..name of a dance performed on the French stage. The air is lively, and the movements are quick. 1884W. B. Squire in Grove Dict. Mus. IV. 55 Tambourin, an old Provençal dance, in its original form accompanied by a Flute and Tambour de Basque [error for Tambourin].
Hence ˈtambourin v., to play on the tambourin; ˌtambouriˈnade [after serenade, etc.; see -ade], a performance on the tambourin.
1884J. Payne Tales fr. Arabic II. 234 They gave not over..tambourining and piping till the night waned. 1893E. H. Barker Wand. South. Waters 27 Every morning at five the tailor..awoke the echoes of the gorge with a long and furious tambourinade. |