drumhead court-martial

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   a military court convened to hear urgent charges of offenses committed in action

   Broadercourt-martial

   military

Questions about drumhead court-martial

What does drumhead court-martial mean?

drumhead court-martial means "a military court convened to hear urgent charges of offenses committed in action".

Is drumhead court-martial a common word?

drumhead court-martial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.