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pibroch
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. martial music with variations; to be played by bagpipes
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Pibroch was a Clyde Puffer that was built in Glasgow during 1957. It is one of the last of this type of vessel remaining today.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A series of musical variations for the bagpipes, usually martial or funerary in nature.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
kind of bagpipe music, 1719, from Gaelic piobaireachd , literally "piper's art," from piobair "a piper" (from piob "pipe," an English loan word; see pipe (n.1)) + -achd , suffix denoting function.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pibroch \Pi"broch\, n. [Gael. piobaireachd pipe music, fr. piobair a piper, fr. pioba pipe, bagpipe, from English. See Pipe , n.] A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to those ...
Usage examples of pibroch.
The moment they set foot on the deck of the DUNCAN, the piper blew his bagpipes, and commenced the national pibroch of the Malcolm clan, while loud hurrahs rent the air.
No other could wake such detestable groans, With reed and with chaunter - with bag and with drones: All day and ill night he delighted the chiels With sniggering pibrochs and jiggety reels.