Tambour

(tăm/bōor) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. tambour, It. tamburo, Sp. & Pg. tambor, a drum. See TABOR.] [Written also tambor.]

1. A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine.
2. A small circular frame, somewhat resembling a drum, for working embroidery upon; also, a species of embroidery in which threads of gold and silver are worked in leaves, flowers, and the like; — called also tambour-work.
3. (Arch.) (a.) The vase or naked ground on which the leaves of the Corinthian and Composite capitals are placed, and which bears some resemblance to a drum. (b.) The wall of a circular temple surrounded with columns. (c.) The circular vertical part above or below a cupola. Gwilt. (d.) A lobby or vestibule, inclosed with folding doors, to break the current of wind from without, as at the entrance of a church, banking-house, and the like. Francis. (e.) A round course of stones, several of which form the shaft of a pillar, not so high as a diameter.
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 made of wood or other materials, arranged like a stockade.