Nacaire

Nacaire (Fr.) [Arab. *naqqāra], Fr. word for the Eastern kettledrum, which Europeans first got to know during the Crusades, when Damietta was taken in 1249. Spelled “naguarre,” it is recorded in 1281. The chronicler Jean de Joinville was first to use the new spelling in 1309, when he described the noise of the Saracen drums. The nacaire was about 30 cm. (12 in.) in diam. See also: anacaire, naker, naqqāra, naquaire (53, 85, 169). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Dick…