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In classical architecture, a tambour (Fr.: "drum") is the inverted bell of the Corinthian capital around which are carved acanthus leaves for decoration.. The term also applies to the wall of a circular structure, whether on the ground or raised aloft on pendentives and carrying a dome (also known as a tholobate), and to the drum-shaped segments of a column, which is built up in several courses.
Tambour lace refers to a family of lace made by stretching a fine net over a frame [1] (the eponymous Tambour, from the French for drum) and creating a chain stitch, known as tambour, using a fine, pointed hook [2] [3] to reach through the net and draw the working thread through. The tambour embroidery technique became popular in western ...
A tabor, tabour, tabret ( Welsh: Tabwrdd ), tambour de Provence, Provençal tambourin or Catalan tamborí is a portable snare drum, typically played either with one hand or with two drumsticks. The word "tabor" (formerly sometimes spelt "taber") is an English variant of the Persian word tabīr, meaning "drum" [1] [2] —cf. Catalan: tambor ...
Tambour (also called tambor, tamboro or tambora, written in music as tamb. ), is a technique in Flamenco guitar and classical guitar that emulates the sound of a heartbeat. The player uses a flat part of the hand, usually the side of the outstretched right thumb, or also the edge of the palm below the little finger, and sounds the strings by ...
Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944) [1] is an American actor. He is known for his television roles such as Jeffrey Brookes, the uptight neighbor of Stanley and Helen Roper in the television sitcom The Ropers (1979–1980), as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998), George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019) and Maura ...
Tambour desk. A tambour door is a type of door that can open horizontally or vertically. They are constructed of horizontal or vertical slats and roll to the side or up and down by sliding along tracks. [ 1]
Tembor. The term Tanbur ( Persian: تنبور, pronounced [t̪ʰænˈbuːɾ, t̪ʰæmˈbuːɾ]) [a] can refer to various long-necked string instruments originating in Mesopotamia, Southern or Central Asia. [1] According to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "terminology presents a complicated situation. Nowadays the term tanbur ...
The tambouras ( Greek: ταμπουράς [tabuˈras]) is a Greek traditional string instrument of Byzantine origin. [1] It has existed since at least the 10th century, when it was known in Assyria and Egypt. At that time, it might have had between two and six strings, but Arabs adopted it, and called it a tanbur. The characteristic long neck ...
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