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单词 pibgorn
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pibgornn.

Brit. /ˈpɪbɡɔːn/, U.S. /ˈpɪbˌɡɔrn/, Welsh English /ˈpɪbːɡɔː(r)n/
Inflections: Plural pibgorns, pibgyrn.
Forms: 1700s– pibcorn, 1700s– pibgorn, 1900s– pipgorn, 1900s– pipcorn (rare).
Origin: A borrowing from Welsh. Etymons: Welsh pipgorn, pib gorn.
Etymology: < Welsh pipgorn, pib gorn hornpipe (a1608; in 18th cent. also as pib-corn ) < pib pipe n.1 + corn horn n., perhaps after hornpipe n.The form pibgyrn is after the Welsh plural form. In Welsh, a plural form pibau cyrn is also used.
A form of hornpipe (hornpipe n. 1) traditionally played in parts of Wales and Cornwall.
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1770 D. Barrington Mus. Instruments Wales in Archæol. (1775) 3 viii. 33 Another very rude musical instrument..scarcely used in any other part of North Wales, except the island of Anglesey, where it is called a Pib-corn.
1784 E. Jones Mus. Relicks Welsh Bards 43 The Pîbgorn or Horn Pipe, is so called, because both extremities are made of horn.
1815 P. Roberts Cambrian Antiq. 145 I suppose the Scotch Pipe, like the Welsh Pib-gorn, had but six finger-holes.
1844 Times 18 Nov. 4/2 (advt.) The Song of the Mountain Goat-herd... Played by M. Barret, in imitation of the ancient pibcorn, called by the Britons the pipe of peace.
1852 W. Wickenden Hunchback's Chest 214 Here and there a shepherd was seated on a grassy knoll playing his pigborn [sic].
1921 W. S. G. Williams (title of song) I hear a shepherd's pibgorn.
1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 316 The Pibcorn, of Wales, dating from the eighteenth century, was a pastoral hornpipe.
1998 Scotsman (Nexis) 7 Apr. 19 The sextet also featured the blaring pibgorn—the Welsh equivalent of the stock-and-horn familiar in Scots pastoral images.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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