(nautical) A small boat used for carrying provisions to ships lying at anchor in a harbour.
outbeam
outbeam
verb
(transitive) To beam more brightly than; to outshine.
subatom
subatom
noun
Any particle that is smaller than an atom.
tambour
tambour
noun
(architecture) Synonym of drum (“cylindrical stone in the shaft of a column”)
(architecture) The capital of a Corinthian column.
(biology) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by a rubber tube and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.
(military) A work usually in the form of a redan, to enclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade.
(music) A small shallow drum.
(sports) In real tennis, a buttress-like obstruction in the main wall.
A circular frame for embroidery.
A rich kind of gold and silver embroidery.
A rolling top or front (as of a rolltop desk) of narrow strips of wood glued on canvas.
Silk or other material embroidered on a tambour.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To embroider on a tambour (circular frame).
