pibroch


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pibroch /ˈpiːbrɒk, -brɒx/
noun a form of music for the Scottish bagpipes involving elaborate variations on a theme, typically of a martial or funerary character.
– origin C18: from Sc. Gaelic piobaireachd ‘art of piping’, from piobair ‘piper’, based on Engl. pipe.
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