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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kettledrum \Ket"tle*drum`\ (-dr[u^]m`), n.
1. (Mus.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a
hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the
mouth of it
Note: Kettledrums, in pairs, were formerly used in martial
music for cavalry, but are now chiefly confined to
orchestras, where they are called {tympani}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
kettledrum
n : a large hemispherical brass or copper drum with a drumhead
that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it [syn: {kettle},
{tympanum}, {tympani}, {timpani}]
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