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pibroch
noun
A series of musical variations for the bagpipes, usually martial or funerary in nature.
1908
: He had heard the stirring
pibrochs
speed the Gordons in their fights, / It had borne them through the fire zone as they swung up Dargai's heights " E. G. Murphy, "The Doctor's Story" (
Australian Ballads & Short Stories
, Penguin 2003, p. 279)
Etymology:
From Gaelic
píobaireachd
"art of playing the bagpipes", from
píobair
"piper" +
-achd
suffix of function.
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