† tapskinn.
Obsolete.
A drumstick.Apparently an isolated use.
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1605 Play Stucley in R. Simpson School of Shakspere (1878) I. 196 Drum [= Drummer], thump thy tapskins hard about the pate [stage direct. Drum sounds] And make the ram-heads hear that are within.
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