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What is a kettledrum?

What is a kettledrum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (music) A large hemispherical brass percussion instrument (one of the timpani) with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting its tension.
  2. (dated) An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening.
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The carpenter sat beside him with a kettledrum, more literally a kettledrum even than the real thing, for that drum was a kettle!
Those who still admire Ezra Pound's pretentious poetry will presumably enjoy listening to him reciting while thumping on a kettledrum.
One of them is a small drum on a vertical frame of lathe-turned wood whereas the other is a metallic kettledrum.
The golden measure of poetry does not yet exist, only the rhythm of the maracas, the exact sound of the kettledrum.
Naker, small kettledrum that reached Europe from the Middle East in the 13th century, during the Crusades.
The orchestral kettledrum has a practical compass of five full tones.

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