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Definition of: tambour
(tam′b
r) noun
1. A drum.
2. A light wooden frame, usually circular, on which material for embroidering may be stretched; also, a fabric embroidered on such a frame.
3. A palisade for defending an entrance to a fortified work.
—v.t. & v.i. To embroider on a tambour. [<F <Arabic tambūr a stringed instrument; prob. infl. in meaning by OF tabour a tabor]
a. Snare drum. b. Bass drum. c. Bongo drums.
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