hornpipe (redirected from hornpipes)

horn·pipe  (hôrnpp)

n.

1. A musical instrument with a single reed, finger holes, and a bell and mouthpiece made of horn.

2.

a. A spirited British folk dance originally accompanied by this instrument.

b. The music accompanying such a dance.

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hornpipe

Noun

1. a solo dance, traditionally performed by sailors

2. music for this dance

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hornpipe - a British solo dance performed by sailors folk dance, folk dancing - a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts) Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	2.	hornpipe - music for dancing the hornpipe dance music - music to dance to
	3.	hornpipe - an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone pibgorn, stockhorn single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind - a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone) archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression