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embroidery tambour
tam·bour
(tăm′bo͝or′, tăm-bo͝or′)n.
1. A drum or drummer.
2.
a. A small embroidery frame, usually made of wood or plastic, 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, perhaps ultimately from alteration (influenced by Arabic ṭunbūr, ṭanbūr, tambura) of Arabic *tabbūl, hypocoristic form of ṭabl, drum, or ṭubūl, plural of ṭabl; see tabla, or perhaps ultimately from alteration (influenced by Arabic ṭunbūr, ṭanbūr) of Persian tabīr, tabīra, drum; probably akin to Middle Persian tumbag, and of imitative origin.]
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tambour
(ˈtæmbʊə)n
1. (Tennis) real tennis the sloping buttress on one side of the receiver's end of the court
2. (Knitting & Sewing) a small round embroidery frame, consisting of two concentric hoops over which the fabric is stretched while being worked
3. (Knitting & Sewing) embroidered work done on such a frame
4. (Furniture) a sliding door on desks, cabinets, etc, made of thin strips of wood glued side by side onto a canvas backing
5. (Architecture) architect a wall that is circular in plan, esp one that supports a dome or one that is surrounded by a colonnade
6. (Instruments) a drum
vb
(Knitting & Sewing) to embroider (fabric or a design) on a tambour
[C15: from French, from tabour tabor]
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tam•bour
(ˈtæm bʊər, tæmˈbʊər)n.
2. a circular frame consisting of two interlocking hoops in which cloth is stretched for embroidering.
3. embroidery done on such a frame.
4. 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.
v.t., v.i. 6. to embroider on a tambour.
[1475–85; < Middle French: drum « Arabic ṭanbūr lute < Medieval Greek pandoúra; compare bandore]
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tambour
Past participle: tamboured
Gerund: tambouring
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| Noun | 1. |  tambour - a frame made of two hoops; used for embroideringframework - 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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tam·bour
n. tambor.
1. tímpano del oído medio;
2. instrumento de precisión que se usa para registrar y transmitir movimientos ligeros tales como las contracciones peristálticas.
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