Complete Definition of "pibroch"

English
Etymology
From Gaelic pìobaireachd �art of playing the bagpipes�, from pìobair �piper� + -achd suffix of function.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�pi:br�k/, /�pi:br�x/

Noun
en-noun

  1. 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)

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