hornpipe

Everyday

1. A lively dance, often danced by one sailor, connected with sailors and the sea. tree →
2. The music for this dance. tree →
3. An old wind instrument made with a horn. tree →

In the lessons

Music and dance lessons; sea stories. The «Sailor's Hornpipe» is a famous tune. In Alice in Wonderland the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon dance the Lobster Quadrille, another dance of the sea. The Sea Rat in The Wind in the Willows comes from the world of sailors.

Examples

• The sailors danced a hornpipe on deck. tree →
• We learned the Sailor's Hornpipe in music. tree →
• The fiddler played a fast hornpipe. tree →
• Irish dancers often dance hornpipes too. tree →
• The jolly sailor jumped up for a hornpipe. tree →
• The old instrument called a hornpipe was made from a cow's horn. tree →

Note

Compound: horn + pipe. Plural: hornpipes. A dance and a tune, also an old instrument.