tambours
- present tense form of tambour (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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His house was the seat of revelry; the noise of singing and tambours was heard there from night till morning.
From The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by Morier, James
And the Christians defended themselves right well, and every time that they went upon the walls, they sounded trumpets and tambours, and made great rejoicings, as the Cid had commanded.
From Chronicle of the Cid by Southey, Robert
It was what the French call la rafale des tambours de la mort—the ruffle of the drums of death.
From Now It Can Be Told by Gibbs, Philip
A little group of men with pitos and tambours strolled from place to place, playing.
From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick
The bobolinks at noonday sing More softly than the softest flute, And lightlier than the lightest lute Their fairy tambours ring.
From Lyrics of Earth by Lampman, Archibald
