pibroch
Americannoun
noun
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a form of music for Scottish bagpipes, consisting of a theme and variations
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a piece of such music
Etymology
Origin of pibroch
1710–20; < Scots Gaelic piobaireachd piper music, equivalent to piobair piper ( piob pipe 1 + -air agent suffix ≪ Latin -ārius -ary ) + -eachd noun suffix denoting quality or state
Example Sentences
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He was an oddball who played pibroch, ancient Celtic bagpipes that predate musical notation and are taught by voice.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 22, 2016
There developed in Scotland a warlike form of music called in Gaelic Piobaireachd in English, pibroch.
From Time Magazine Archive
As they drove off in a crystal coach, bagpipers skirled a pibroch, and the great bells pealed.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 18th century football matches, each team had its bag- piper who entered the field and played the pibroch during the game to inspirit the players.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the end of that time, the notes of the pibroch were heard, and presently, descending from the summit of a hill, appeared the Camerons, advancing in two lines, each of them three men deep.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. by Thomson, Mrs.
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