Sc. [Etymol. doubtful: perh. from same root as prec.] (?) The braces of a drum, or the braces and cords by which a drum is tightened.
c. 1720. in Beveridge, Culross & Tulliallan, xix. (1885), II. 90. The council … allows the drummer to get als many new tews as will serve the drum.
