Tabouret /(?)/

Tab·ou·ret

Tabouret

n.
  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.

Phrases & Compounds
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.