side drum

American  

noun

1. snare drum.

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side drum British  

noun

1. a small double-headed drum carried at the side with snares that produce a rattling effect

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Etymology

Origin of side drum

First recorded in 1790–1800

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Example Sentences

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side drum

Then the bottom was removed from the big butter box, the side drum severed, and one end securely fastened under the front end of the toboggan bottom.

From Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies by Walter Prichard Eaton

With Drummer Price, an expert of many years' service with the side drum, and L/Cpl.

From The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. by John David Hills

The side drum can be muffled by loosening the snares or by inserting a piece of silk or cloth between the snares and the parchment.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

The old cylindrical ear-piercing fife is an obsolete instrument, being superseded by a small army flute, still, however, called a fife, used with the side drum in the drum and fife band.

From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various

The side drum was, until the reign of Elizabeth, of a much larger size than now and was held horizontally and beaten on one head only.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

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