Tympan

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounA piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed.

2.nounThe stretched membrane of a drum.

3.nounA percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end.

4.nounA tympanum.

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