hornpipe vs pibgorn what difference
what is difference between hornpipe and pibgorn
English
Etymology
From Middle English hornpipe, hornpype, hornepipe, equivalent to horn + pipe; so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
Noun
hornpipe (plural hornpipes)
- (music) A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
- A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
- A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
- Music played to the hornpipe dance
Derived terms
- hornpiper, hornpipist
Verb
hornpipe (third-person singular simple present hornpipes, present participle hornpiping, simple past and past participle hornpiped)
- (intransitive) To dance the hornpipe.
Anagrams
- porphine
Middle English
Noun
hornpipe
- Alternative form of hornepipe
English
Alternative forms
- pibcorn
Etymology
From Welsh pibgorn.
Noun
pibgorn (plural pibgorns)
- (music) A Welsh single-reed wind instrument or pipe with a horn at each end.
Synonyms
- hornpipe
- cornicyll
- pib
- stockhorn
Anagrams
- probing
Welsh
Etymology
pib (“pipe”) + corn (“horn”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɪbɡɔrn/
Noun
pibgorn m (plural pibau cyrn)
- A Welsh single-reed wind instrument or pipe with a horn at each end.
Mutation
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