Obs. Also canayr. Used by Ld. Berners to render Froissarts nacaire, a sort of kettle-drum, otherwise called NAKER, q.v.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. xii. 12. With trumpes and Canaryes. Ibid., lxxx. 102. Noyse of trumpettes and canarys.