Pandean pipes

American  

plural noun

1. panpipe.

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Etymology

Origin of Pandean pipes

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

"Stabat Mater," 279, 280; "Improperia," 280; "Missa Papæ Marcelli," 280 Pandean pipes, 98 Pantomime, 43 Parallelism, 25 Passepied, 173 "Passions," 284 et seq.

From How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art by Krehbiel, Henry Edward

This was done in ancient as it is in modern times, by playing the Pandean pipes.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John

These usually play upon one or two violins, a mandoline, and the Pandean pipes.

From Roumania Past and Present by Samuelson, James

There was the music—the same Scotch reels and Irish jigs, played on squeaking fiddles, which were made more inharmonious by the accompaniment of shrill Pandean pipes.

From Run to Earth A Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Always, while he was preparing some new trick, a man kept playing on the Pandean pipes, and beating a drum at the same time.

From The Pleasures of the Country Simple Stories for Young People by Myrtle, Harriet