hornpipe

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hornpipe, hornpype, hornepipe, equivalent to horn +‎ pipe; so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn. === Noun === hornpipe (plural hornpipes) (music) A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed. A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time. Music played to the hornpipe dance ==== Derived terms ==== hornpiper, hornpipist === Verb === hornpipe (third-person singular simple present hornpipes, present participle hornpiping, simple past and past participle hornpiped) (intransitive) To dance the hornpipe. === Anagrams === porphine == Middle English == === Noun === hornpipe alternative form of hornepipe