Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Faburden \Fab"ur*den\ (f[a^]b"[u^]r*den), n. [F. faux bourdon.
   See {False}, and {Burden} a verse.]
   1. (Mus.)
      (a) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.
      (b) A succession of chords of the sixth. [Obs.]

   2. A monotonous refrain. [Obs.] --Holland.