Australian English Meaning of hornpipe

hornpipe

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Definitions and Meaning of hornpipe in English

Wordnet

hornpipe (n)

a British solo dance performed by sailors

music for dancing the hornpipe

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

Webster

hornpipe (n.)

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.

A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing.

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hornpipe

a British solo dance performed by sailors, music for dancing the hornpipe, an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of boneAn instrument of

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hornpike => garfish, hornowl => Powerful owl, hornobbing => Fornobbing, hornobbed => dudded, horn-mad => boinged in the head,