kettledrums in English

noun
1
a large drum shaped like a bowl, with a membrane adjustable for tension (and so pitch) stretched across.
And men beat on basins, tin pans, bass drums, and kettledrums .
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1. Military might is evoked through fiercely pounded kettledrums.

2. The kettledrums are struck with felt-headed flexible sticks.

3. Then, from somewhere, the sound of kettledrums rolled out.

4. Do not, however, regard the kettledrums as mere noisemakers.

5. In school, I teach students to play jazz drums, kettledrums, xylophone and so on.

6. In Saul, Handel was collaborating with Charles Jennens and experimenting with three trombones, a carillon and extra-large military kettledrums (from the Tower of London), to be sure "...it will be most excessive noisy".