Tambour
noun
1.
Music. a drum.
2.
a drum player.
3.
Also called tabaret. 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.
Furniture. 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.
Architecture. drum1 (def 10).
7.
Court Tennis. a sloping buttress opposite the penthouse, on the hazard side of the court.
verb (used with or without object)
8.
to embroider on a tambour.
noun
1.
(real tennis) 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.
(architect) 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
7.
to embroider (fabric or a design) on a tambour
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