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  1. Hornpipe
    [instrument] The hornpipe can refer to a specific instrument or a class of woodwind instruments consisting of a single reed, a small diameter melody pipe with finger holes and a bell traditionally made from animal horn. Additionally, a reed cap of animal horn may be placed around the reed to...
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  2. Hornpipe
    A hornpipe (also called the pib-corn, pib or piob) was a musical instrument formerly popular in Wales, Ireland, Cornwall and Brittany, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called a hornpipe because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
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  3. hornpipe
    [n] - music for dancing the hornpipe 2. [n] - an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind 3. [n] - a British solo dance performed by sailors
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  4. Hornpipe
    Horn'pipe` noun (Mus.) (a) 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. (b) A lively tune playe...
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  5. hornpipe
    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. 'Many a hornpipe he tuned to his...
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  6. hornpipe
    pibgorn noun an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone
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  7. hornpipe
    noun a British solo dance performed by sailors
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  8. hornpipe
    noun music for dancing the hornpipe
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  1. 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. • (n.) A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing.
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  2. hornpipe
    (from the article `hornpipe`) Hornpipe refers also to several dances that Renaissance courtiers believed were once performed to the rustic instrument. At times it meant a jig, a ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/70

  3. hornpipe
    name of a wind instrument and of several dances supposedly performed to it. The instrument is a single-reed pipe with a cowhorn bell (sometimes two ... [1 related articles]
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  4. Hornpipe
    The hornpipe is any of several dance forms played and danced in Britain and elsewhere from the late 17th century until the present day. It is said that hornpipe as a dance began around the 16th century on English sailing vessels. Movements were those familiar to sailors of that time: "looking out t...
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  5. hornpipe
    1. a British solo dance performed by sailors
    2. an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone

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  6. hornpipe
    hornpipe, English folk dance known since the 16th cent., when it obtained its name from the wind instrument that accompanied it. The hornpipes of the 17th and 18th cent. have moderate 3–2 time and 4–4 time. As a solo dance it was popular with sailors, who performed it with folded arms an...
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  7. Hornpipe
    Historically, the hornpipe style was developed from the dance done by sailors, played on the hornpipe instrument. In the Highland bagpiping world, the hornpipe has become a favourite style of tune for opening a competition selection and the style has evolved to become similar to a reel; portmanteaus...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_bagpipe_terms

  8. hornpipe
    1) British folk dance 2) Folk dance 3) Folk dancing 4) Lively folk dance 5) Lively folk dance 6) Lively old dance 7) Sailor's jig
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/hornpipe/1

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