What does "tabouret" mean?

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

Additional senses

  1. 2.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.

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