skirling

[ skur-ling ]

nounScot. and North England.

Origin of skirling

First recorded in 1775–85; skirl + -ing¹

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He did not imagine he would hear these skirling pipers again.
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She played absent-mindedly, her fingers skipping and skirling on the notes.
The Black Opal | Katharine Susannah Prichard
He heard the bagpipes of the Highlanders skirling behind as he reached the opening in the forest.
French and English | Evelyn Everett-Green
But whaur Tam hung there was naething but the craig, and the sea below, and the solans skirling and flying.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
And there would be a fiddler diddling his elbock in the chimney-side; and this thing had nae music but the skirling of the solans.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson

There was more skirling of bells, another nerve-trying wait, and at last the clerk of the hotel answered.
The Grafters | Francis Lynde

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