tambour
noun
a drum.
tambouring
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present participleof tambour.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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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 Grace Rogers Cooper
Two neat shelves on the wall contained a few books; and in the window stood a tambouring frame.
From Discipline by Mary Brunton
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 Grace Rogers Cooper
Never mind the pieces of needle-work, the tambouring, the maps of the world made by her needle.
From Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. by William Cobbett
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 Sarah K. Bolton
