Associations to the word «Tambour»

TAMBOUR, noun. (obsolete) drum

TAMBOUR, noun. A circular frame for embroidery

TAMBOUR, noun. (architecture) the capital of a Corinthian column

TAMBOUR, noun. (military) A work usually in the form of a redan, to enclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade.

TAMBOUR, noun. (biology) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by a rubber tube and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.

TAMBOUR, noun. A frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering.

TAMBOUR, noun. A drum.