1) Baroque dance 
A tambourin is a piece of music that imitates a drum, usually as a repetitive not-very-melodic figure in the bass. A tambourin itself is a small, two-headed drum of Arabic origin, mentioned as early as the 1080s (noted as a `tabor` in Roman de Roland). It was played together with a small flute (galoubet, flaviol). A tambourin, as a dance, hails .....
• (n.) A tambourine. • (n.) An old Provencal dance of a lively character, common on the stage.
Tam`bou`rin' noun [ French See Tambourine .] 1. A tambourine. [ Obsolete] 2. (Mus.) An old Provençal dance of a lively character, common on the stage. 
Tambourin is a bat-and-ball game of the tennis type. It is played on a long narrow court with a 6 cm diameter ball and a racket with a parchment hitting- surface.The tambourin is an old Provencal dance of a lively character, common on the stage.