Bagpipe-drone
11drone pipe — noun a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone • Syn: ↑drone, ↑bourdon • Hypernyms: ↑pipe • Part Holonyms: ↑bagpipe …
12drone — I [[t]droʊn[/t]] n. 1) ent the male of the honeybee and other bees that is stingless and makes no honey 2) a craft operated by remote control, esp. a pilotless airplane guided by radio signals 3) a person who lives on the labor of others;… …
13drone — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drān; akin to Old High German treno drone, Greek thrēnos dirge Date: before 12th century 1. the male of a bee (as the honeybee) that has no sting and gathers no honey 2. one that lives on the… …
14drone — Synonyms and related words: Indian file, accompaniment, alliteration, alto, array, articulation, assonance, bagpipe, bagpipes, bank, baritone, bass, basso continuo, basso ostinato, bassus, bee, beggar, birr, blubber, bombilate, bombinate, boom,… …
15drone — drəʊn n. stingless male bee; UAV, unmanned small aircraft that is operated by remote control; monotone, low and continuous dull sound; buzzing noise; humming sound; (Music) any bagpipe without finger holes that produces a single tone, bourdon;… …
16bagpipe — bag•pipe [[t]ˈbægˌpaɪp[/t]] n. mad Often, bagpipes. a reed instrument consisting of a melody pipe and one or more accompanying drone pipes protruding from a bag into which air is blown by the mouth or a bellows • Etymology: 1300–50 bag′pip er, n …
17bagpipe — n. (usu. in pl.) a musical instrument consisting of a windbag connected to two kinds of reeded pipes: drone pipes which produce single sustained notes and a fingered melody pipe or chanter . Derivatives: bagpiper n …
18drone — n. & v. n. 1 a non working male of the honey bee, whose sole function is to mate with fertile females. 2 an idler. 3 a deep humming sound. 4 a monotonous speech or speaker. 5 a a pipe, esp. of a bagpipe, sounding a continuous note of fixed low… …
19Glossary of bagpipe terms — This article defines a number of terms that are exclusive, or whose meaning is exclusive, to piping and pipers. compactTOC8 seealso=yes refs=yes extlinks=yesA; Arm Str Argyllshire Gathering: An annual highland games, held at Oban, Scotland every… …
20Great Highland Bagpipe — The Great Highland Bagpipe (Gaelic : A Phìob Mhòr ) is probably the best known variety of bagpipe. Abbreviated GHB, and commonly referred to simply as the pipes , they have historically taken numerous forms in Scotland.A modern set has a bag, a… …
