DRUMHEAD

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


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. 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.


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