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drumhead

N แผ่น หน้า กลอง  paen-na-klong

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DRUMHEAD

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

drumhead

drum head |ˈdrəmˌhed ˈdrəmhɛd | ▶noun 1 the membrane or skin of a drum. 2 a winter cabbage of a flat-topped variety. 3 chiefly historical the circular top of a ship's capstan, with holes into which bars are placed to turn it. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] carried out by or as if by an army in the field; improvised or summary: a drumhead court-martial.

 

Oxford Dictionary

drumhead

drum |head |ˈdrʌmhɛd | ▶noun 1 the membrane or skin of a drum. 2 a winter cabbage of a flat-topped variety. 3 chiefly historical the circular top of a ship's capstan, with holes into which bars are placed to turn it. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] carried out by or as if by an army in the field; improvised or summary: a drumhead court martial.

 

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