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The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.

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  1. n. The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.
  2. n. The top of a capstan which is pierced with sockets for levers used in turning it. See Illust. of Capstan.
  3. adj. performed speedily and without formality
  4. n. a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
  5. 1. The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum. 2. The top of a capstan which is pierced with sockets for levers used in turning it. See Illust. of Capstan. Drumhead court-martial (Mil.), a summary court-martial called to try offenses on the battlefield or the line of march, when, sometimes, a drumhead has to do service as a writing table.
  6. n:100 n. a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum s. performed speedily and without formality