Usage of "kettledrum"

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A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.

Uso de kettledrum em inglês

The whole capsule vibrated with it like a pea in a kettledrum. 
 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 

The priest beat upon a kettledrum, and the echoes rolled through the temple. 
 Historical Miniatures 

I will play the lute, and you shall beat the kettledrum. 
 Household Tales by Brothers Grimm 

I can play the lute, and you can play the kettledrum. 
 The Beacon Second Reader 

At half-past eleven a kettledrum sounds a summons to the Jami or Cathedral. 
 First Footsteps in East Africa 

Her walking dress was manifestly a dress inappropriate to a kettledrum. 
 Manners and Social Usages 

That kettledrum at the lodge is one of the brightest spots in my memory. 
 My Young Alcides: A Faded Photograph 

So a kettledrum became the most fashionable of entertainments. 
 Manners and Social Usages 

But his voice was as deep as a kettledrum and it vibrated in my bones. 
 Boy’s Life 

He made a flailing backwards fall into a kettledrum. 
 The system of the world 

You never do buy your round.' He threw a kettledrum stick, narrowly missing Lol's head. 
 The Long Earth 

A deep boom from a large kettledrum sounded. 
 Spells 

The redcoats discharge their muskets with deep hissing booms, like handfuls of sand hurled against a kettledrum. 
 Quicksilver 

When the smoke cleared, there was nothing left but a burning chariot wheel and a half-melted kettledrum. 
 Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods 

A kettledrum of a thump told him that life still breathed within the yards of white smock. 
 A Confederacy of Dunces 

Kumran hearing of this was very angry, for the beating of a kettledrum is a sign of Empire. 
 The Adventures of Akbar 

kettledrum

Substantivo

Singular

Colocações frequentes

Translations for kettledrum

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Kettledrum ao longo do tempo

Significados de kettledrum em inglês