hornpipe
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English hornpipe, hornpype, hornepipe, equivalent to horn + pipe; so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
Noun[edit]
hornpipe (plural hornpipes)
- (music) 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
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
hornpipe (third-person singular simple present hornpipes, present participle hornpiping, simple past and past participle hornpiped)
- (intransitive) To dance the hornpipe.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
hornpipe
- Alternative form of hornepipe