tambour
- n a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering
- n a drum
- Knox was deadly in putting the ball into the dedans and grille, often hitting the tambour, a jutting buttress off which the ball caroms almost parallel to the net.
- At Luxor, Egypt, all travelers who pay may hear a fat sleek native gentleman mumble and whistle and beat a tambour.
- Her favorite piece of furniture is the tambour desk in the East Sitting Hall, part of the private family quarters.