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tambour work
(gcide) | Tambour \Tam"bour\, n.
1. (Mus.) A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine.
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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, the
embroidery done upon such a frame; -- called also, in the
latter sense, tambour work.
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3. (Arch.) Same as Drum, n., 2
(d) .
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4. (Fort.) A work usually in the form of a redan, to inclose
a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a
larger work. It is arranged like a stockade.
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5. (Physiol.) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin
elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more
of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used
to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of
any pulsating artery.
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