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Weavers of muslin were brought to the mill, and women to teach the lassie bairns in our old clachan tambouring instead of hand-spinning.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

From this superficial description of its work, the device might seem to be just another tambouring machine.

From The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Cooper, Grace Rogers

Their employments are the needle, tambouring, and reading.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

In England, Edward Newton and Thomas Archbold invented and patented a machine on May 4, 1841, for tambouring or ornamenting the backs of gloves.

From The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Cooper, Grace Rogers

Lady Laura, in the centre, winds silk on a card from a skein held by Lady Horatia; while Lady Maria, on the right, bends over her tambouring frame.

From Famous European Artists by Bolton, Sarah K.