Definition of tambours:
(n) :
(music) A small shallow drum.
(n) :
A circular frame for embroidery.
(n) :
A rich kind of gold and silver embroidery.
(n) :
Silk or other material embroidered on a tambour.
(n) :
(architecture) The capital of a Corinthian column.
(n) :
(architecture) Synonym of drum (“cylindrical stone in the shaft of a column”).