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.
noun
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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
When far through the cloisters the anthem was stealing, Thy heart was ablaze with a heavenly ray— When thy organ was softly and tenderly pealing, Or the bass of thy bourdon was rolling away.
From The Minstrel A Collection of Poems by Lennox Amott
The tolling of the deep-toned bourdon in the cathedral tower reverberates over the old town of Evreux as we pass along the cobbled streets.
From Normandy, Illustrated, Part 2 by Gordon Home
Throughout this and the other great speeches of the period "the Roman People" is a phrase that keeps perpetually recurring with an effect like that of a bourdon stop.
From Latin Literature by J. W. (John William) Mackail
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