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Webster 1913 Edition
Drumhead
Drum′headˊ
,Noun.
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.