1789 J. Wolcot Subj. for Painters in (1812) II. 154 I scarcely know The Oboe from the Double Drum.
1825 W. Hone (1826) I. 1248 A band..consisted of a double drum, a Dutch organ, the tambourine.
1874 E. H. Knight I. 757/1 The large drum, beaten at both ends, is called a double-drum. Those hanging by the side of the drummer are called side-drums.