especially: a set of two interlocking hoops between which cloth is stretched before stitching
b
: embroidery made on a tambour frame
3
: a shallow metallic cup or drum with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever used to transmit and register slight motions (such as arterial pulsations)
4
: a rolling top or front (as of a rolltop desk) of narrow strips of wood glued on canvas
Inspired by feng shui principals, the architects clad the island, storage spaces, and appliances entirely in undulating pale oak tambour. Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 18 July 2022 Flexible tambour sheets wrap snuggly around the posts at the end of the bar that would have been too costly to relocate.BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2021 Tuttle wrapped the bar in wood tambour paneling painted Farrow & Ball Hague Blue.BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2021 The tambours can easily be swapped out, no tools required. Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 21 Feb. 2019 This collection features eight killer tracks from the 70s and 80s, with Hassan accompanying his own soulful singing on amplified tambour-a five-string lyre-over percolating Daleeb rhythms from northern Sudan. Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 13 June 2018
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle French, drum, from Arabic ṭanbūr, modification of Persian tabīr