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drumhead |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drumhead \Drum"head`\, n. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drumhead adj : performed speedily and without formality; "a summary execution"; "summary justice" [syn: {summary}] n : a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum [syn: {head}]
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