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1. (n.) tambour
a circular frame consisting of two interlocking hoops in which cloth is stretched for embroidering.
2. tambour
embroidery done on such a frame.
3. tambour
a flexible shutter used as a desk top or door, composed of closely set wood strips attached to a piece of cloth, the whole sliding along in grooves.
4. (v.i.) tambour
to embroider on a tambour.
Etymology: (1475–85; < MF: drum &indirdesc; Ar &tdotbelow;anbūr lute < MGk pandoúra; cf. bandore)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tambour, embroidery frame, embroidery hoop
a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering
2. (noun) tambour
a drum
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Tambour
a kind of small flat drum; a tambourine
2. (noun) Tambour
a small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat resembling a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding, a portion of cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the embroidery done upon such a frame; -- called also, in the latter sense, tambour work
3. (noun) Tambour
same as Drum, n., 2(d)
4. (noun) Tambour
a work usually in the form of a redan, to inclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade
5. (noun) Tambour
a shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery
6. (verb) Tambour
to embroider on a tambour
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