Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913 Tabor /tāb'-ẽr/ · Ta·bor · IPA /ˈteɪbə(ɹ)/ n. v. i. v. t. 01 n. A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person. 1. A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person.(Mus.) 02 v. i. To play on a tabor, or little drum. imp. & p. p. Tabored; p. pr. & vb. n. Taboring 1. To play on a tabor, or little drum. 2. To strike lightly and frequently. 03 v. t. To make (a sound) with a tabor. 1. To make (a sound) with a tabor.