Hornpipe

Definition of Hornpipe

Horn´pipe`
n.1.(Mus.) 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.
Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis.
- Sir W. Raleigh.

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ballroom music, dance music, danceroom music
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