Hornpipe
['hɔːnpaɪp] or ['hɔrn'paɪp]
Definition
(noun.) a British solo dance performed by sailors.
(noun.) an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone.
(noun.) music for dancing the hornpipe.
Editor: Megan--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing.
Checked by Dolores
Definition
n. an old Welsh musical instrument resembling the clarinet: a lively air: a lively English dance usually by one person popular amongst sailors.
Checked by Barry
Examples
- Dance a hornpipe, cut in Fred, as Jo paused for breath, and, as they danced, the rubbishy old castle turned to a man-of-war in full sail. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And it don't wear your legs to stumps in talking over a poor fellow's ways as it do to stand up in hornpipes. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Editor: William