n. - A small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat resembling
a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding, a portion of
cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the embroidery done upon such a
frame; -- called also, in the latter sense, tambour work.
n. - Same as Drum, n., 2(d).
n. - 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
arranged like a stockade.
n. - A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic
membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected
by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the
movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.