Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913 Faburden Fab′ur·den (făb′ŭr·den), n. [F. faux bourdon. See False, and Burden a verse.] 1. (Mus.) (a) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass. (b) A succession of chords of the sixth. [Obs.] 2. A monotonous refrain. [Obs.] Holland. ‹ Fabulous Fac ›