Found 2 items, similar to Tambour.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tambour tambour n 1: a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering [syn: embroidery frame , embroidery hoop] 2: a drum
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tambour Tambour \Tam"bour\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamboured; p. pr. & vb. n. Tambouring.] To embroider on a tambour. [1913 Webster] Tambour \Tam"bour\, n. 1. (Mus.) A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Arch.) Same as Drum, n., 2 (d) . [1913 Webster] 4. (Fort.) 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. [1913 Webster] 5. (Physiol.) 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. [1913 Webster]