Found 2 items, similar to hornpipe.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hornpipe hornpipe n 1: a British solo dance performed by sailors 2: music for dancing the hornpipe 3: an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone [syn: pibgorn, stockhorn]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hornpipe Hornpipe \Horn"pipe`\, n. (Mus.) (a) 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. (b) A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing. [1913 Webster] Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis. --Sir W. Raleigh. (c) A dance performed, usually by one person, to such a tune, and popular among sailors. [1913 Webster]