drumhead
[adjective]
Synonyms: summary

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drumhead noun & adjective. ['drʌmhɛd] E17.
[from DRUM noun¹ + HEAD noun.]
A. noun.
1. The stretched skin or membrane of a drum. E17.

2. The eardrum. Cf. DRUM noun¹ 6. M17.

3. The top of a capstan or a mechanical drum. L17.

4. 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.

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