pibgorn

[ pib-gawrn ]

/ ˈpɪb gɔrn /

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noun

an ancient wind instrument of Wales resembling the hornpipe.

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Also pib·corn

[pib-kawrn]. /ˈpɪbˌkɔrn/.

Also called stockhorn.

Origin of pibgorn

1760–70; <Welsh pib gorn, equivalent to pibpipe¹ + gorn, lenited form of cornhorn

Words nearby pibgorn

Piauí, Piave, piazza, Piazzi, pibal, pibgorn, piblokto, pibroch, pic, pica, Picabia