Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tabouret \Tab"ou*ret\, n. [F., dim. of OF. tabor, tabour, drum.
   See {Tabor}.]
   1. Same as {Taboret}.

   2. A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high
      stool; -- so called from its resemblance to a drum.

   3. An embroidery frame. --Knight.

   {Right of the tabouret}, the privilege of sitting on a
      tabouret in the presence of the severeign, formerly
      granted to certain ladies of high rank at the French
      court.

Source : WordNet®

tabouret
     n : a low stool in the shape of a drum [syn: {taboret}]