pibroch
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A wild, irregular kind of music, peculiar to the Scottish Highlands, performed upon the bagpipe.
Examples
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Oliver at last relieved his host by swaggering off, imitating as well as he could the sturdy step and outward gesture of his redoubted companion, and whistling a pibroch composed on the rout of the Danes at Loncarty, which he had picked up from its being a favourite of the smith’s, whom he made a point of imitating as far as he could.
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The wild wailings of the pibroch were heard at times, interchanged with the drums and fifes, which beat the Dead March.
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The tune rose on a shrill spiral and high and clear it poured forth the challenging notes of a fierce pibroch, the war song of the Clan McDonald.
Note
'Pibroch' comes from the Scottish Gaelic 'piobaireachd,' pipe music, which ultimately comes from the Latin 'pipare,' to chirp or peep.
