urlar

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See also: urlár and ùrlar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ùrlar (floor).

Noun

urlar (plural urlars)

  1. (music) The base theme of a piece of classical bagpipe music.
    • 2012, Hannah Rosefield, ‘Piping Up’, Literary Review, 401:
      The opening theme of a piobaireachd is called the Urlar, or ‘ground’ – the territory on which the whole composition stands.

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Middle Irish

Noun

urlar n

  1. Alternative spelling of urlár