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pi•broch
(pē′broкн),USA pronunciation n.
- 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