Drumhead

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Drumhead \Drum"head`\, n.
     1. The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.
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     2. The top of a capstan which is pierced with sockets for
        levers used in turning it. See Illust. of {Capstan}.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     {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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "drumhead":
     bender, bloat, blotter, booze, boozehound, boozer, brannigan, bust,
     drunk, guzzler, inebriate, jag, lush, soak, sot, souse, spree,
     tear, tippler