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pibroch |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pibroch \Pi"broch\, n. [Gael. piobaireachd pipe music, fr piobair a piper, fr pioba pipe, bagpipe, from English. See {Pipe}, n.] A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to those airs that are played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when they go out to battle. --Jamieson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pibroch n : martial music with variations; for the Scottish Highlands bagpipe
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