Hypertext Webster Gateway: "drumhead"
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) 1.7 (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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