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Definition of Kettledrum

1. Noun. A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.

Definition of Kettledrum

1. n. A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it.

Definition of Kettledrum

1. Noun. A large hemispherical brass percussion instrument (one of the timpani) with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting its tension. ¹

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Definition of Kettledrum

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kettledrum

Literary usage of Kettledrum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"Kettledrum WITH INSTANTANEOUS SYSTEM OF TUNING T^ •*• kettledrum in this form ... The construction differs from that of the kettledrum tuned by means of ..."

2. Portraits of Celebrated Racehorses of the Past and Present Centuries: In by Thomas Henry Taunton (1888)
"Kettledrum. E TT LE D RU M was a ch. с. foaled in.1858, the property" of Colonel -L ... Kettledrum was by no means an elegant horse, but he possessed very ..."

3. The General Stud-book, Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses, &c. &c. from the (1893)
"TOM-ТОМ (foaled in 1873), by Kettledrum, out of Disguise, by Thor- manby, continued from Vol. XVI., p. 513. 1888 bo Young Tom (late Tattoo), by Young Glen" ..."

4. Racing Rhymes & Other Verses by Adam Lindsay Gordon, T. O. Guen (1901)
"THE ROLL OF THE Kettledrum OR, THE LAY OF THE LAST CHARGER " You have the Pyrrhic dance, as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone ? Of two such lessons, ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Potter's kettledrum with instantaneous system of tuning, the best known at the ... There arc no screws round the head of Potter's kettledrum ; an invisible ..."

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