A kind of drum, less wide and longer than the tabor, and struck with one drumstick only, to accompany the sound of a flute which is played with the…

A kind of drum. Also attributive. swash-head n. a drum-head. swash-man n. = swasher, n.1

A drum beaten as a summons to war or an accompaniment to the fray. Also figurative.

a drum with head made of wolfskin.

a type of drum carried on a saddle.

In form tumbeck. A type of drum formerly used in India. Obsolete.

A type of hand-beaten drum traditionally used in India. Later also: any of various similar traditional drums used in societies elsewhere in Asia, in…

A hand-beaten drum of goatskin or sheepskin, with a round or square top. Also more fully goombay drum.

A type of drum used by the Khoekhoe people in southern Africa, made from a hollow vessel over one end of which a piece of skin is stretched. Also…

In the Netherlands: a type of drum traditionally consisting of an earthenware pot covered at the top by a bladder pierced by a stick that is pushed…

any of various kinds of drum in which water is used in the production of sound; esp. (a) an American Indian drum partly filled with water to adjust…

In Tahiti, Hawaii, and other parts of eastern Polynesia: an upright, cylindrical wooden drum with a shark-skin head used to accompany dances and in…

In the Middle East and North Africa: a drum; spec. a double-headed, cylindrical drum.

The long narrow drum or tabor used in Provence (see taborin, n.); applied also to ‘a bottle-shaped drum used in Egypt’ (Cent. Dict.).

drums similar to the dhol, but varying in size or shape.

In South Asia: a bowl-shaped drum, typically played with a stick, often as one of a pair and frequently in military or ceremonial contexts; a…

a drum made from the trunk of a tree.

In eastern and southern Africa: any of various kinds of drum; (South African) a large single-headed drum of a type traditionally used by the Venda…

one of a set of drums, each pitched differently, which are beaten to transmit the words of a message in a tonal language, chiefly in West Africa…

a drum having an earthenware body in the form of a pot.

(see quot. 1960).

(a) a drum forming part of a set of traps as opposed to a drum used in an orchestra or military band; (b) plural = sense (a).

A small, barrel-shaped, single-headed hand drum traditionally played in Cape Malay communities. Also more fully ghoema drum.

In full tamboo-bamboo. In the West Indies, a small drum made of bamboo. Frequently attributive.

More fully tassa drum. A bowl-shaped goatskin drum of north Indian origin which is typically hung from the neck and played with two sticks. Also: a…

a percussion instrument originating in the West Indies, made out of an oil drum with one end beaten down and divided into grooved sections to give…

a tall, narrow, low-toned drum usually played with the hands; hence conga drummer, conga drumming.

A small drum with no shell, which can be tuned within a range of about an octave by rotating the head, and which is often mounted on a rack as…

A conga drum.

In Kenya: a wooden drum, traditionally made from a hollowed log, which is usually hung over the shoulder and played by striking with the fingers and…

= pan, n.1 12.

A drum designed with electronic means of amplification or alteration of pitch, etc.