English noun: hornpipe | |||
1. | hornpipe (act) a British solo dance performed by sailors | ||
Broader (hypernym) | folk dance, folk dancing | ||
Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
2. | hornpipe (communication) music for dancing the hornpipe | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dance music | ||
3. | hornpipe (artifact) an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone | ||
Synonyms | pibgorn, stockhorn | ||
Broader (hypernym) | single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind | ||
Domain usage | archaicism, archaism | ||