hornpipe

hornpipe has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
• n.. A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing.
• n.. a British solo dance performed by sailors
• n.. an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone
• n.. music for dancing the hornpipe