TAMBOUR

, in Architecture, a term applied to the Corinthian and Composite capitals, as bearing some resemblance to a tambour or drum.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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TABLE
TACQUET (Andrew)
TACTION
TALUS
* TAMBOUR
TAMUZ
TANGENT
TARRANTIUS (Lucius)
TARTAGLIA
TATIUS (Achilles)