Naker

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈneɪkÉ™/

Origin

From Old French nacaire, nacre (cognate with Italian nacchera, mediaeval Latin nacara), from Arabic نقّارة (naqqāra, "drum").

Full definition of naker

Noun

1. A kettledrum.
• 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe: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.

Anagrams

• anker
• Karen