"drumhead tribunal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: drumhead tribunals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} drumhead tribunal (plural drumhead tribunals)
  1. A drumhead court-martial.
    Sense id: en-drumhead_tribunal-en-noun-07m5sCP8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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          "text": "I never knew you, Christopher Okigbo, / I saw you when an actor screamed \"The tribes! / The Tribes!\" I catch / the guttering, flare-lit / faces of Ibos, / stuttering, bug-eyed / prisoners of some drumhead tribunal.",
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