HORNPIPE

hornpipe

(noun) a British solo dance performed by sailors

hornpipe, pibgorn, stockhorn

(noun) an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone

hornpipe

(noun) music for dancing the hornpipe

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hornpipe (plural hornpipes)

(musical instruments) 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

Verb

hornpipe (third-person singular simple present hornpipes, present participle hornpiping, simple past and past participle hornpiped)

(intransitive) To dance the hornpipe.

Anagrams

• porphine

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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