(n.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it.
(n.) An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening. Cf. Drum, n., 4 and 5.
Example Sentences:
(1) Like being inside a kettledrum with a whole symphony going on out there and with thunder in wraparound quadraphonic!"
Naker
Definition:
(n.) Same as Nacre.
(n.) A kind of kettledrum.
Example Sentences:
(1) News of the capture, which was announced by Colonel Abdullah Naker of the NTC, spread quickly around jubilant government fighters in the area who fired tracer and anti-aircraft rounds into the air to celebrate.