pibroch

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pēbroкн)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pi•broch  (pēbroкн),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Music and Dance(in the Scottish Highlands) a piece of music for the bagpipe, consisting of a series of variations on a basic theme, usually martial in character, but sometimes used as a dirge.
  • Scots Gaelic piobaireachd piper music, equivalent. to piobair piper (piob pipe1 + -air agent suffix Latin -ārius -ary) + -eachd noun, nominal suffix denoting quality or state
  • 1710–20


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