row-dow-dow
(ˈraʊdaʊdaʊ)
[Echoic.]
An imitation of the sound produced by beating a drum.
| 1814 Scott Wav. xxxiv, As this was beyond the capacity of the drubber of sheep-skin, he was fain to have recourse to the inoffensive row-dow-dow. 1863 Life in Normandy I. 25 The band ceased to play, and the drums struck up a rōw-dōw, rŏw-dŏw-dŏw, all striking at the same moment. |