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Tambour
Meaning
Noun
●
In Musical instruments:
A small
shallow
drum.
●
A
circular
frame
for embroidery.
●
A
rich
kind of
gold
and
silver
embroidery.
●
Silk or other
material
embroidered
on a tambour.
●
In Architectural elements:
The
capital
of a Corinthian column.
●
In Architecture:
Synonym of
drum
(“cylindrical
stone
in the
shaft
of a column”)
●
In Military:
A work usually in the form of a
redan
, to
enclose
a
space
before a
door
or
staircase
, or at the
gorge
of a
larger
work. It is
arranged
like a stockade.
●
In Biology & Percussion instruments:
A
shallow
metallic
cup
or
drum
, with a
thin
elastic
membrane
supporting
a
writing
lever
. Two or more of these are
connected
by a
rubber
tube
and used to
transmit
and
register
the
movements
of the
pulse
or of any
pulsating
artery.
●
In Sports:
In
real tennis
, a buttress-like
obstruction
in the main
wall.
●
A
rolling
top
or front (
as of
a
rolltop desk
) of
narrow
strips
of
wood
glued
on canvas.
Verb
●
To
embroider
on a
tambour
(circular frame).
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
tambour
English
tambour
French
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Drum
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Saddle Stitch
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