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chained_bear commented on the word batter head
The part of a drum that is beaten upon.
Their drums...received several small shot in the batter heads, which they went through, but immediately struck out again by the Rims, and touch'd not the snare heads. (1704, E. SMITH, _Athenian Oracle_ III. 423, cited in OED)
February 7, 2007