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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 451 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TATTOO , a See also:

signal given by See also:beat of See also:drum and See also:call of See also:bugle at nightfall for soldiers to go to quarters when in See also:garrison or to tents when in the See also:field. The earlier word is taptoo or taptow, and was borrowed from Du. taptoe; the phrase de taptoe slaan, to See also:close the taps, and the parallel Ger. Zapfenstreich, literally " tap-stroke " (Zapf, a tap of a cask), show that it meant originally a signal that the " taps " or public-houses were closed for the See also:night.

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