bourdon
noun
bour·don
ˈbürdᵊn,
-ōr-,
-ər-
variants or less commonly bordun
ˈbȯr-
plural -s
1
: burden entry 3 sense 1
2
a
: a drone bass (as in a bagpipe or a hurdy-gurdy)
b
: a pipe-organ stop of a droning or buzzing quality usually of 16-foot pitch
c
: the lowest bell (as in a carillon) in a ring of bells
Word History
Etymology
Middle English burdoun, from Middle French bourdon bass horn, of imitative origin