Battre la diane. To beat the reveille. This is done in a camp or garrison at break of day. When an army besieges a town, the reveille is confined to those troops belonging to the infantry that have mounted guard, particularly in the trenches; and it is then followed by the discharge of those pieces of ordnance which had ceased firing on account of the darkness of the night, that prevented their being properly pointed against the enemy’s works.
Tambour de basque, Fr. A tabor.
Tambour battant, Fr. Drums beating.
Sortir Tambour battant, enseignes deployées, Fr. To go out drums beating and colors flying.
Tambour in architecture. A term applied to the Corinthian and composite capitals, as bearing some resemblance to a drum, which the French call Tambour.
Tambour likewise denotes a round course of stone, several whereof form the shaft of a column not so high as a diameter.
Un TAMBOURIN, Fr. A timbrel.
TAMBOURINE. A drum, somewhat resembling the tabor, but played in our military bands without either stick or pipe.
TAMIS, Fr. A sieve.
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