tambourin

[ tam-boo-rin; French tahn-boo-ran ]

/ ˈtæm bʊ rɪn; French tɑ̃ bʊˈrɛ̃ /

a long narrow drum of Provence.

an old Provençal dance in duple meter, accompanied by a drone bass or by a steady drumbeat.

the music for this dance.

Origin of tambourin

1790–1800; < French < Provençal tamborin, diminutive of tambor tambour

It was Kreisler's Tambourin Chinois that the student played.

Violin Mastery |Frederick H. Martens
After the winding was over, the songs and dances began to the music of a tambourin.

Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist |Samuel Smiles
She couldna haud a candle to her sister Phemie in tambourin' or in ginger-breid.

Erchie |(AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro
A troop of proud, joyous Vascons soon arrived, dancing a tambourin.

Voltaire's Romances |Franois-Marie Arouet

The "Caf de l'Ermitage" is only a recollection, and the "Tambourin" has changed its name and title.

Legends |August Strindberg

tambourin

/ (ˈtæmbʊrɪn) /

an 18th-century Provençal folk dance

a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance

a small drum

C18: from French: a little drum, from tambour