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Hornpipe

Hornpipe Meaning & Definition
Hornpipe Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hornpipe?

[n] a British solo dance performed by sailors
[n] an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone
[n] music for dancing the hornpipe

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hornpipe: pibgorn | stockhorn

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hornpipe:

See Also | ballroom music | dance music | danceroom music | folk dance | folk dancing | single-reed instrument | single-reed woodwind

Hornpipe In Webster's Dictionary

\Horn"pipe`\, n. (Mus.) (a) An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn. (b) A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing. Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis. --Sir W. Raleigh. (c) A dance performed, usually by one person, to such a tune, and popular among sailors.

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