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drumhead

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1580, OED Evaluation: N/A

The stretched skin or membrane forming the striking surface of a drum; the upper surface of a drum.

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Speaker: A-- a-- anyway ah- oh I got the band started when the- ah-ah- about drumheads- the legion drumheads service were going to be held here. Interviewer: And what was that, the drumheads? I'll just put this here. Speaker: Well, it's from the band. It's a- well it's a- well there's lots of pictures in there that have drumheads (laughs). Interviewer: Okay, well I'll just have a look right here. Speaker: The- no- you may look- here also- are drum- drumheads. (inc) the drumheads. Hm, drum, drum, drum. Come on, come on. Better start with the drumheads. Drumhead and or pictures- now here's the drumheads.
The stretched skin or membrane forming the striking surface of a drum; the upper surface of a drum.
Speaker: But that- that was the- the- the s-- drumhead service. Interviewer: I see. Speaker: And that was the m-- this- this is the same here (inc) piling the flags up in the (inc) and-that. Interviewer: Now why is it that they pile the drums up in there? Speaker: Well that- that's the drumhead service. Interviewer: Oh, I see, so they- Speaker: The- the- the service. The- the- the flags are put over them and the- well the drummers ah- th-- three side drums, a base drum and a tenor-drum. Right there, there and there. And then, that's what their- their pi-- pile there dealing them.
The stretched skin or membrane forming the striking surface of a drum; the upper surface of a drum.