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A horizontal band in a building, forming a part of the design, whether molded, projecting, or carved, or in any way distinguished from the rest of the work.

See Tabor.

An embroidery frame. Knight. Right of the tabouret, the privilege of sitting on a tabouret in the presence of the severeign, formerly granted to certain ladies of high rank at the French court.

A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine.

A tambourine. [Obs.]

A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel.

A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England. The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour. Milton.

Same as Turacou.

An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire. G. Francis.

An automobile designed for touring; specif., a roomy car, not a limousine, for five or more passengers.

One who makes a tour, or performs a journey in a circuit.

hree-sided or six-sided prisms terminated by rhombohedral or scalenohedral planes. Black tourmaline (schorl) is the most common variety, but there are also other varieties, as the blue (indicolite), red (rubellite), also green, brown, and white. The red and green varieties when transparent are valued as jewels. [Writte…

The sheriff's turn, or court.

tion of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle. "In battle and in tourneyment." Chaucer. With cruel tournament the squadrons join. Milton.

Work turned on a lathe; turnery.[Obs.] See Turnery. Evelyn.

A tournament. Bacon. At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. Spenser. We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work. Tennyson.

An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.

A former French money of account worth 20 sous, or a franc. It was thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which contained 25 sous.

Turn; contour; figure.

See Treget, Tregetour, and Tregetry. [Obs.]