drumhead

Drumhead was a card game that had been popular in the army.

The voice was anxious, taut as the skin on a drumhead.

"That they can shoot us by drumhead court martial if we refuse?"

They had a drumhead covered with the brother's skin.

The cord then makes friction with the drumhead as it is moved back and forth.

He tapped his drumsticks against the air, like the moon was a big drumhead.

The kite came to life again suddenly, thrumming like a drumhead.

He thinks that calling a drumhead court is a bad mistake and maybe a further sign of insanity.

Very similar to its predecessor, but with an actual drumhead rather than a rubber pad.

As the finger rubs across the drumhead, a moaning sound is produced.

Usually the single drumhead is made of rawhide or man-made materials.

The screws that hold and tune the drumhead are called "tension rods".

I noticed an odd, sweet smell drifting up to me, probably from the treatment he had given the drumhead.

Each player nominated a card and another man dealt the cards face up onto the drumhead.

The frequencies at which a drumhead can vibrate depend on its shape.

This top section is known as the "drumhead".

I brushed my fingers over the soft drumhead, smiling.

Drumhead court martial was their portion, and military execution their end.

His face was suddenly as taut as a drumhead.

Hand clapping and hitting the sides of the drum can be used in addition to drumhead sounds.

The drumhead was carried by runner to Sir William's lady.

As a drumhead gets hotter and drier, what happens?

Henry Drumhead added his beat to the tune.

It struck him more as a drumhead court-martial than a civil-court trial.

At any rate, this war was no longer to be won with flying drumhead courtsmartial.