Found 2 hits - Term: snare drum, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
snare \snare\, n. as. sneara cord, a string; akin to d. snoer,
g. schnur, ohg. snour a cord, snarahha a noose, dan. snare,
sw. icel. snara, goth. sn?rj? a basket; and probably also
to e. needle. see needle, and cf. snarl to entangle.
1. a contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the
like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and
caught; a trap; a gin.
1913 webster
2. hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into
trouble.
1913 webster
if thou retire, the dauphin, well appointed,
stands with the snares of war to tangle thee.
--shak.
1913 webster
3. the gut or string stretched across the lower head of a
drum.
1913 webster
4. med. an instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or
noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.
1913 webster
snare drum, the smaller common military drum, as
distinguished from the bass drum; -- so called because in
order to render it more resonant it has stretched across
its lower head a catgut string or strings.
1913 webster
see also:
needle snarl snare drum
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
snare drum
n : a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the
lower head syn: snare, side drum
see also:
snare side drum
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