tambour-frame
1tambour — /tam boor, tam boor /, n. 1. Music. a drum. 2. a drum player. 3. Also called tabaret. a 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.… …
2tambour — I. noun Etymology: Middle French, drum, from Arabic ṭanbūr, modification of Persian tabīr Date: 15th century 1. drum I,1 2. a. an embroidery frame; especially a set of two interlocking hoops between which cloth is stretched before stitching b.… …
3tambour lace — noun : a lace made in a tambour frame by embroidering or darning designs on machine made net …
4Frame Drum — Tambour sur cadre Le tambour sur cadre est un type de tambour muni généralement d une seule membrane, animale (mammifère, poisson, reptile) ou synthétique, collée sur un simple cadre de bois circulaire. Le diamètre varie de 5 cm à 1 m. Le terme… …
5Frame drum — Tambour sur cadre Le tambour sur cadre est un type de tambour muni généralement d une seule membrane, animale (mammifère, poisson, reptile) ou synthétique, collée sur un simple cadre de bois circulaire. Le diamètre varie de 5 cm à 1 m. Le terme… …
6Tambour — Tam bour, n. 1. (Mus.) A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine. [1913 Webster] 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 …
7tambour work — Tambour Tam bour, n. 1. (Mus.) A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine. [1913 Webster] 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… …
8tambour — [tam′boor΄] n. [ME < MFr < OFr tambor, a drum, prob. via Sp < Ar ṭunbūr (colloq. form ṭanbūr), stringed instrument < Pers tabīrah, drum] 1. a drum 2. a) an embroidery frame of two closely fitting, concentric hoops that hold the cloth… …
9Tambour lace — refers to a family of lace made by stretching a fine net over a frame (the eponymous Tambour , from the French for drum) and creating a chain stitch using a fine hook to reach through the net and draw the working thread through the net …
10tambour — ► NOUN 1) historical a small drum. 2) a circular frame for holding fabric taut while it is being embroidered. ORIGIN French, drum …
