单词 | union pipes |
释义 | union pipesn. A type of bagpipes, associated with Ireland, played held on the knee using bellows worked by the elbow; = uillean pipes n. Also occasionally in singular in same sense. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > pipe > [noun] > bagpipe bagc1275 stivec1290 cornemusec1384 musettea1393 bagpipec1405 pair1422 pipec1450 muse1484 drone1502 lilt-pipea1525 great pipe1592 miskin1593 Highland pipe1599 small-pipes1656 piffero1724 Highland bagpipe1728 zampogna1740 union pipes1788 Lowland pipes1794 pibroch1807 piob mhor1838 gaita1846 sack pipe1889 set1893 biniou1902 uillean pipes1906 1788 World 5 May 1/2 (advt.) Mr. Courtenay, Performer on the Union Pipes. 1792 J. Haslewood Secret Hist. Green Rooms (ed. 2) II. 261 In many passages she reminds us of Courtenay, on the Union Pipes. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 163/1 The union pipes are the old Irish pipes improved. 1877 R. Bell Early Ballads 441 We first heard it sung in Malhamdale, Yorkshire, by..an old Dales'-minstrel, who accompanied himself on the union-pipes. 1906 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 2) II. 509/1 The later bagpipe, the Uillean or Union pipe, blown with a bellows, became popular in Ireland. 2009 Sunday Business Post (Ireland) (Nexis) 4 Dec. Sean nós song combined with medieval Irish harp, flutes, whistles and 170-year-old Union pipes make for an unexpected seasonal journey through early Irish music. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1788 |
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