Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hornpipe \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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hornpipe
n 1: a British solo dance performed by sailors
2: music for dancing the hornpipe
3: an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made
of bone [syn: {hornpipe}, {pibgorn}, {stockhorn}]
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