drum-skin

A form of drumskin — The skin of a drum; a drum head.

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Meanings

noundrum-skin (plural drum-skins)

plural drum-skins

  1. alternativeAlternative form of drumskin

    The modern standard work is of course Ernst Manker's monumental Die lappische Zaubertrommel, the first volume of which deals with the construction and use of the drum (Manker 1938), whilst the second volume discusses the pictures on the drum-skins and their meaning (Manker 1950).

    1991, Tore Ahlbäck, Jan Bergman (editors), The Saami Shaman Drum, Based on Papers Read at the Symposium on the Saami Shaman Drum Held at Åbo, Finland, on the 19th-20th of August 1988, page 12
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APA

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MLA

“drum-skin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drum-skin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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