the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Same as nacre.
n. A kind of kettledrum.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A kind of drum; a kettledrum.
n. An obsolete form of nacre.
Word Usage
"The two armies were perfectly silent, save here and there the bray of a single trumpet, or beat of a naker drum in one or the other, and the continuous hum of the hymns and chants from the three Russian chapel-tents."