Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . se it in any way they thought proper. Thejavelin was called ^kcne which is also the Irish for aknife. KETS REBELLION.— An outbreak which tookplace in Eunland, in l.)4i), \rader the leadership ofWilliam Ket, a tanner, living in Wymondham, Nor-folk. He is said to have had followers; butthe rising was suppressed by the Earl of Warwick,after an^engagement in which more than 2,000 ofInsurgents were killed. The leader, Ket, with others,suffered death on the gallows. KETTLE-DRUM.—1. A drum formed by stretchingvellum over the
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . se it in any way they thought proper. Thejavelin was called ^kcne which is also the Irish for aknife. KETS REBELLION.— An outbreak which tookplace in Eunland, in l.)4i), \rader the leadership ofWilliam Ket, a tanner, living in Wymondham, Nor-folk. He is said to have had followers; butthe rising was suppressed by the Earl of Warwick,after an^engagement in which more than 2,000 ofInsurgents were killed. The leader, Ket, with others,suffered death on the gallows. KETTLE-DRUM.—1. A drum formed by stretchingvellum over thecirctilar edge of a hemispherical ves-sel of brass or copper. This instrument, which givesforth a sharp ringing sound, is used by regiments ofcavalry and horse-artillery in lieu of the ordinarycylindrical drum, which would, from its shape, beinconvenient on horseback The small military dnun is frequently called bythis name. Tliey are still used in pairs, in the Eng-lish and Prussian armies, and elsewhere, slung oneach side of the withers of a cavalry-horse. One. i^== jiriim is tuned to the keynote, and the other to thetifth of the key. The tuning is by a hoop and are not usedln the United States mili-tary service, but are much used in orchestras sup-ported upon a tripod, as shown in the drawing. , as applied to a social gathering, orig-inated in the IJritish army in India. It sometimeshappened in the emergencies of camp life that in anentertainment given by officers and their wives therewas a lack of requisite furniture, and the heads ofkettle-drums were made to serve in place of tablesto hold the cups of tea. So by metonymy the articleused gave name to the occasion on which it -vasuseil. The name <ame to mean an informal party,and specilically an afternoon party, in which elabor-ate dress and costly viands gave place to every-dayattire for ladies and business suits for gentlemen,with very simple side-table refreshments. This kindof visit
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