(music) A small shallow drum. / A circular frame for embroidery. / A rich kind of gold and silver embroidery. / Silk or other material embroidered on a tambour.

(transitive, intransitive) To embroider on a tambour (circular frame).

plural of tambour

present participle of tambour

simple past tense and past participle of tambour

One who embroiders on a tambour.

plural of tambourer

A kind of lace made with needle embroidery on machine-made net.

plural of tambour lace

A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.