drumskin

[ druhm-skin ]

noun

1. drumhead ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of drumskin¹

drum ¹ + skin

Example Sentences

Mr Lightbody added the drummer's nickname is 'thunderclap' because he "hit the snare drum so hard he was prone to smash right through the drumskin."

From BBC

She wanted it to stop, all of it, but Pet kept talking, its voice like many hands dragging over an infinite drumskin, creating a thrum that crept under her skin.

From Literature

Pet’s footsteps were singing through the floor like mallets striking an ocean of drumskin, and they were heading straight for her parents’ bedroom.

From Literature

Its voice waxed gentle, fingertips light against drumskin.

From Literature

Then he repaired the envelope corners of the bedspread, pulling it tightly, until it stretched across the bed like a drumskin.

From Literature