About The Word Hornpipe
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Hornpipe
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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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