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tamarillo
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tambour

tambour [ tám boor, tám bawr ]


noun  (plural tambours)
Definition:
 
1. handicraft embroidery frame: a round frame on which material is stretched while it is being embroidered

2. handicraft embroidery: embroidery done on a tambour

3. furniture flexible rolling top of desk: a flexible rolling top of a desk or sliding front of a cabinet, made of thin strips of wood attached to canvas

4. music military drum: a drum, especially a side drum

5. architecture circular wall: a circular wall, especially one supporting a dome



transitive and intransitive verb  (3rd person present singular tambours, present participle tambouring, past and past participle tamboured)
Definition:
 
handicraft embroider design using frame: to embroider something using a round frame

[15th century. Via French< Persian tabīra 'drum']
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