hornpipe

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
2. A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
3. A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
4. Music played to the hornpipe dance

Verb

To dance the hornpipe.

Concepts

matelote

Synonymes

stockhorn

pibgorn

foxtrot

cakewalk

zhaleika

reel

cancan

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: hornpipe

In summary

From Middle English hornpipe, hornpype, hornepipe, equivalent to horn + pipe; so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.