A tambour is a frame made of two hoops - used for embroidering.
It is also a hollowed out frame drum and the flexible shutter on a roll-top desk or sliding doors for cupboards.
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“I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.” - Winnie the Pooh
"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."
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My daughter Helen commented in November 2008 in her Blog that she was now keeping a notebook of new words that she came across during her reading. "This week I bought a lovely little leather bound book to write new words in as I read them . I've added a few from "1984", but my favourite has to be persiflage (from the French persifler) which means banter." I later discovered that my older daughter, Bryony, also kept a similar notebook.
This inspired me to create a Word blog. This will include both new words, favourite words and the origins of phrases that we commonly use. A definition and some comment, perhaps even a relevant quotation, will acompany the word or phrase.
This inspired me to create a Word blog. This will include both new words, favourite words and the origins of phrases that we commonly use. A definition and some comment, perhaps even a relevant quotation, will acompany the word or phrase.
“I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.” - Winnie the Pooh
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I love embroidery & roll top desks. AND I never knew the name! You're amazing! Where do you find this stuff???
ReplyDeleteYou've got me wondering now, is an embroidery tambour the original origin of the tambourine?
ReplyDeleteLe tambour - from which our tambour and tambourine both come - is the French for a drum (and also the French for an embroidery frame). I assume the shape of the circular drum led to to its use for the tambourine and frame.
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