Dictionary entry

Taboo (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ta‐boo″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tabooed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tabooing.] To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals. [Written also tabu.]