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drumhead
[ druhm-hed ]
adjective
- characteristic of a drumhead court-martial; carried out in summary fashion:
a drumhead execution.
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How can you catch trout with everything frozen as tight as a drumhead?
The paper, having been previously damped, in drying contracts and tightens like a drumhead.
When Josiah awoke the Mary Ellen was heeled over on her side, her sail as tight as a drumhead.
A drumhead court-martial sentenced the young Virginian to receive one hundred lashes on the bare back.
In the back of his head there formed a little picture—a drumhead court-martial, a provost guard, a tree and a rope.
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