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Tambour
A tambour (Fr. for drum), in architecture is the inverted bell of a Corinthian capital round which are carved the acanthus leaves decorating it.
The term is applied also to the wall of a circular structure, whether on the ground or raised aloft on pendentives and carrying a dome, and to the drum of a column which is built in several courses.
The term also refers to a buttress-like feature in the hazard side of a real tennis court.
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