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drumhead(dictionary)

drumhead (iou)



drumhead noun & adjective. E17.
[from DRUM noun1 + HEAD noun.]
A. noun.
The stretched skin or membrane of a drum. E17.
The eardrum. Cf. DRUM noun1 6. M17.
The top of a capstan or a mechanical drum. L17.
More fully drumhead cabbage. A flat-topped variety of cabbage. L18.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Held or done during military operations or with men in battledress; resembling or characteristic of a summary court martial so held. M19.
J. R. Lowell There was more reason in the drumhead religious discipline..than he may have thought. D. Acheson Resistance groups hunting out and executing, after drumhead trials, collaborators. Daily Telegraph Servicemen..have the freedom of the town and were planning..a drumhead service in the market square.