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drumhead court-martial
noun
a court-martial held, usually on a battlefield, for the summary trial of charges of offenses committed during military operations.
Origin:
1825–35; so called from the use of a drumhead as a table during the court-martial
1825–35; so called from the use of a drumhead as a table during the court-martial
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| drumhead court-martial | |
| —n | |
| a military court convened to hear urgent charges of offences committed in action | |
| [C19: from the use of a drumhead as a table around which the court-martial was held] | |
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