Definitions | naker |
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- A kettledrum.
- 1819: the Norman trumpets from the battlements ..., mingled with the deep and hollow clang of the nakers, (a species of kettle-drum,) retorted in notes of defiance the challenge of the enemy. " Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
Etymology: From Old French nacaire, nacre, cognate with Italian nacchera, mediaeval Latin nacara, from Arabic (ARchar, ÙÙ, ÙÙÙ) (naqqÄra) "drum".
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