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tambour

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tam·bour  (tmbr, tm-br)
n.
1. A drum or drummer.
2.
a. A small wooden embroidery frame consisting of two concentric hoops between which fabric is stretched.
b. Embroidery made on such a frame.
3. A rolling front or top for a desk or table, consisting of narrow strips of wood glued to canvas.
4. Architecture See drum.
v. tam·boured, tam·bour·ing, tam·bours
v.tr.
To do (embroidery) on a frame consisting of two concentric hoops.
v.intr.
To embroider at or on such a frame.
[Middle English, from Old French, ultimately from Arabic anbr, stringed musical instrument; probably akin to Persian tambr, lute, from Middle Persian.]
tambour
Noun
an embroidery frame, consisting of two hoops over which the fabric is stretched while being worked [French]
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Noun1.tambourtambour - a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering
embroidery frame, embroidery hoop
framework - a structure supporting or containing something
2.tambour - a drum
drum, membranophone, tympan - a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end


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Also say that I have altered my mind about the satin, which I wish to be tamboured with crochet-work; also, that tambour is to be used with monograms on the various garments.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
She set up a great tambour frame in her room, and began to work on an enormous piece of fine needlework.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
Grant and her tambour frame were not without their use: it was all in harmony; and as everything will turn to account when love is once set going, even the sandwich tray, and Dr.
Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context
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