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Webster 1913 Edition

Tambour

Tam′bour

,
Noun.
1.
(Mus.)
A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine.
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
.
3.
(Arch.)
Same as
Drum
,
Noun.
, 2
(d)
.
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.
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.

Tam′bour

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tamboured
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tambouring
.]
To embroider on a tambour.

Definition 2024

tambour

tambour

English

Noun

tambour ‎(plural tambours)

  1. (obsolete) drum
  2. a circular frame for embroidery
  3. (architecture) the capital of a Corinthian column
  4. (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.
  5. (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.

Translations

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور ‎(ṭunbūr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃.buʁ/

Noun

tambour m ‎(plural tambours)

  1. drum (instrument)

See also

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from French tambour ‎(“drum”), ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور ‎(ṭunbūr).

Noun

tambour m ‎(plural tambours)

  1. (Jersey) drum

Derived terms

Etymology

Borrowing from French tambour ‎(“drum”), ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور ‎(ṭunbūr).

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