Tambour (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a drum.
  2. a drum player.
  3. a circular frame consisting of two hoops, one fitting within the other, in which cloth is stretched for embroidering.
  4. embroidery done on such a frame.
  5. a flexible shutter used as a desk top or in place of a door, composed of a number of closely set wood strips attached to a piece of cloth, the whole sliding in grooves along the sides or at the top and bottom.
  6. drum1 (def. 10).
  7. a sloping buttress opposite the penthouse, on the hazard side of the court.
verb (used with or without object)
  1. to embroider on a tambour.
noun
  1. the sloping buttress on one side of the receiver's end of the court
  2. a small round embroidery frame, consisting of two concentric hoops over which the fabric is stretched while being worked
  3. embroidered work done on such a frame
  4. a sliding door on desks, cabinets, etc, made of thin strips of wood glued side by side onto a canvas backing
  5. a wall that is circular in plan, esp one that supports a dome or one that is surrounded by a colonnade
  6. a drum
verb
  1. to embroider (fabric or a design) on a tambour
Tambour (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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