uilleann pipes

or uil·lean pipes

[ ahy-luhn ]

/ ˈaɪ lən /

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plural noun

Often uilleann pipe. Irish bagpipes held on the knee or under the arms with bellows operated by the elbow.

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Origin of uilleann pipes

First recorded in 1875–80; from Irish píob uilleann “pipe of the elbow,” from Irish Gaelic píob “pipe” (ultimately from Vulgar Latin pipa) + uilleann, genitive singular of uillin “elbow,” akin to Latin ulna, Greek ōlénē, Old English eln, elnboga, elboga elbow

Words nearby uilleann pipes

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How to use uilleann pipes in a sentence

But they had not quit and here they now were as the Emerald Society Pipes and Drums came into the Garden.
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The NYPD Emerald Society pipes and drums struck up a slow march and the procession began the journey to the cemetery.
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On the way to town, the other passenger said he wanted to pick something up at the DHL office: a box of pipes and tubes.
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Eventually, though, some clever person shyly pipes up: “You know, keep one eye on John Kasich.”
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Dusty books, smoking pipes, tarot cards, and a Ouija board fill the antique furniture positioning any object as a clue.
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The Elizabethan pipes were so small that now when they are dug up in Ireland the poor call them 'fairy pipes' from their tininess.
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Smokers, tossing pipes and puffing smoke over the dinner-table, forgot all cleanliness and modesty.
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Pipes grew larger and ruled by a Dutchman, all England smoked in peace.
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Beneath it were pipes or flues connected with other pipes which ran beneath the whole house.
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Men of the higher classes keep two or three servants to attend to their pipes.
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