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Word: Pibroch
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 18th century: from Scottish Gaelic piobaireachd ‘art of piping’, from piobair ‘piper’, from piob, from English pipe
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpiːbrɒx
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpiːbrɒk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a form of music for the Scottish bagpipes involving elaborate variations on a theme, typically of a martial or funerary character
Short Definition:form of music for Scottish bagpipes involving elaborate variations on theme
Examples:- the Great Music, or pibroch, can be a mystery to pipers of even reasonable competence
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