n. A series of variations on a martial theme or traditional dirge for the highland bagpipes. [Scottish Gaelic pìobaireachd, pipe music, from pìobair, piper, from pìob, pipe, from Middle Irish píp, from Medieval Latin pīpa, from Vulgar Latin *pīpa; see PIPE.] |
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