Thesaurus: drumhead
The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.
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Definitions
- n. The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.
- n. The top of a capstan which is pierced with sockets for levers used in turning it. See Illust. of Capstan.
- adj. performed speedily and without formality
- n. a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- 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.
- n:100 n. a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum s. performed speedily and without formality