bourdon
Americannoun
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the drone pipe of a bagpipe.
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the drone string of a stringed instrument.
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a low-pitched tone; bass.
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a pipe organ stop of very low pitch.
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the bell in a carillon having the lowest pitch.
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a 16-foot organ stop of the stopped diapason type
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the drone of a bagpipe
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a drone or pedal point in the bass of a harmonized melody
Etymology
Origin of bourdon
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French; see burden 2
Example Sentences
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At the cathedral, the coffin was brought into the vast chamber and a bourdon bell tolled.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2018
French hospital is now open and ready to receive the wounded at the french lycee in rue marcadieux bourdon Update | 1:49 p.m.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2010
The bourdon of the bells smote sympathetically through him.
From Fairfax and His Pride by Vorst, Marie Van
The white figure swayed slowly to and fro, carrying the dull, humming voice with it, and now she seemed to hear a far-away fanaticism, the bourdon of a fatalism which she longed to understand.
From The Garden of Allah by Hichens, Robert Smythe
Ah, that terrible cry! deep-toned, reverberating like the bourdon of a great bell.
From The Octopus : A story of California by Norris, Frank
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