Tambourin

Tambourin [dim. of *tambour], 1. 2-headed tabor drum of Provence, known from the 15th c. on, with long cylindrical body of walnut or beechwood, the upper head of stillborn calf, the lower of kidskin. Still played, together with the *galoubet, it is 70 cm. (28 in.) high, 35 cm. (14 in.) in diam.; 2. Fr. abbr. of tambourin à cordes; 3. name of the chicotén in the Basque country (23). Benoit, Fernand. La Provence et le Comtat Venaissin. Paris, 1949.