tambour
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- noun
- /ˈtæmbər/
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bastidor
- Guests lined up behind them, men behind Bombrul, women behind Rufina, hand to shoulder, stretching back, then the columns moved away to stately pipe and tambour, around the house and out of sight.
Examples
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From the framework hung a wooden tambour, which the proprietor, a jolly fat man who looked as if he had sampled too many of his own wares, rolled down at night in much the same fashion as a roll-top desk, so that the shop could be locked.
Fiction book (1992) -
She set up her tambour frame carefully to begin her embroidery project.
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The artist used a tambour to keep the fabric tight while stitching intricate designs.
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After stretching the fabric, she secured it onto the tambour frame for the embroidery.
Synonyms
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A pair of rings that hold cloth tight while you sew designs by hand
A tool that holds fabric tight while you sew patterns by hand
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word tambour comes from a word for a 'drum' and is the same root as tambourine. Because an embroidery hoop looks like a small drum stretched tight, a tambour is a round frame used to hold fabric steady while you sew.