drumhead : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: drumhead	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for drumhead
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drumhead adj performed speedily and without formality; "a summary execution"; "summary justice" Synonym(s): drumhead, summary n a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum [syn: drumhead, head]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drumhead \Drum"head`\, n. 1. The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum. 2. The top of a capstan which is pierced with sockets for levers used in turning it. See Illust. of {Capstan}. {Drumhead court-martial} (Mil.), a summary court-martial called to try offenses on the battlefield or the line of march, when, sometimes, a drumhead has to do service as a writing table.