hornpipe
verbEtymology From Middle English hornpipe, hornpype, hornepipe, equivalent to horn + pipe; so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
1
To dance the hornpipe.
hornpipe
nounEtymology From Middle English hornpipe, hornpype, hornepipe, equivalent to horn + pipe; so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
1
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
2
A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
3
A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
4
Music played to the hornpipe dance
- Derived terms
- hornpiper, hornpipist