tambour: Meaning and Definition of

tam•bour

1. a drum.
2. a drum player.
3. Also calleda 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. 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. drum (def. 10).
7. a sloping buttress opposite the penthouse, on the hazard side of the court.

1. to embroider on a tambour.