[tab-uh-rit] 
| 1. | a durable silk or acetate fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré, for drapery and upholstery. |
| 2. | tambour (def. 3). |
[tam-boo
r, tam-boor] | 1. | Music. a drum. |
| 2. | a drum player. |
| 3. | Also called tabaret. a circular frame consisting of two hoops, one fitting within the other, in which cloth is stretched for embroidering. |
| 4. | embroidery done on such a frame. |
| 5. | Furniture. a flexible shutter used as a desk top or in place of a door, composed of a number of closely set wood strips attached to a piece of cloth, the whole sliding in grooves along the sides or at the top and bottom. |
| 6. | Architecture. drum 1 (def. 10). |
| 7. | Court Tennis. a sloping buttress opposite the penthouse, on the hazard side of the court. |
| 8. | to embroider on a tambour. |
| tab·a·ret (tāb'ə-rět') n. A strong upholstery fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré. [Probably from tabby.] |