ADJ.
pretty
VERB + TAMBOUR
sitting
TAMBOUR + NOUN
buttress
PREP.
in
noun
A small shallow drum.
A circular frame for embroidery.
Recollect Lady Teazle when I saw you first—sitting at your tambour in a pretty figured linen gown—
A rich kind of gold and silver embroidery.
Silk or other material embroidered on a tambour.
The capital of a Corinthian column.
verb
To embroider on a tambour (circular frame).
One hazard is the tambour, a buttress which juts out and causes the ball to bounce unpredictably.