tympan
UK /ˈtɪmpən/ US /ˈtɪmpən/
noun 5
Definitions
noun
1
A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed.
As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan.
2
The stretched membrane of a drum.
3
A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end.
4
A tympanum.
5
The tympanum of the ear.
But soon I grew used to these sounds, and then I understood as well as ever, that is to say fully one half of what won its way past my tympan.
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