What does hornpipe mean?
Definitions for hornpipe
ˈhɔrnˌpaɪphorn·pipe
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Princeton's WordNet
hornpipenoun
a British solo dance performed by sailors
hornpipenoun
music for dancing the hornpipe
hornpipe, pibgorn, stockhornnoun
an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone
Wiktionary
hornpipenoun
A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
hornpipenoun
A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
hornpipenoun
A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
hornpipenoun
Music played to the hornpipe dance
hornpipeverb
To dance the hornpipe.
Etymology: So called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hornpipenoun
A county dance, danced commonly to a horn.
Etymology: horn and pipe.
A lusty tabrere,
That to thee many a hornpipe play’d,
Whereto they dauncen each one with his maid. Edmund Spenser.There many a hornpipe he tun’d to his Phyllis. Walter Raleigh.
Let all the quicksilver i’ the mine
Run t’ the feet-veins, and refine
Your firkhum jerkhum to a dance
Shall fetch the fiddlers out of France,
To wonder at the hornpipes here
Of Nottingham and Derbyshire. Ben Jonson.Florinda danced the Derbyshire hornpipe in the presence of several friends. Tatler, №. 106.
Wikipedia
Hornpipe
The hornpipe is any of several dance forms played and danced in Britain and Ireland and elsewhere from the 16th century until the present day. The earliest references to hornpipes are from England, with Hugh Aston's Hornepype of 1522 and others referring to Lancashire hornpipes in 1609 and 1613.It is suggested that the hornpipe as a dance began around the 16th century on English sailing vessels. However, the dance does not seem to have become associated with sailors until after 1740 when the dancer Yates performed 'a hornpipe in the character of a Jack Tar' at Drury Lane Theatre, after which, in 1741 at Covent Garden we hear of "a hornpipe by a gentleman in the character of a sailor". Movements were those familiar to sailors of that time: "looking out to sea" with the right hand to the forehead, then the left, lurching as in heavy weather, and giving the occasional rhythmic tug to their breeches both fore and aft.
ChatGPT
hornpipe
A hornpipe is a type of dance, traditionally performed in hard shoes, that originated in the British Isles. It's known for its regular, rhythmic movements with an abundant use of jumps and leaps. The music accompanying the dance is also referred to as a "hornpipe" and is commonly written in even and symmetrical 4/4 time, characterized by intricate, semi-quick melodies.
Webster Dictionary
Hornpipenoun
an instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn
Hornpipenoun
a lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing
Wikidata
Hornpipe
The hornpipe is any of several dance forms played and danced in Britain and elsewhere from the late 17th century until the present day. It is said that hornpipe as a dance began around the 16th century on English sailing vessels. Movements were those familiar to sailors of that time: "looking out to sea" with the right hand to the forehead, then the left, lurching as in heavy weather, and giving the occasional rhythmic tug to their breeches both fore and aft.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Hornpipe
horn′pīp, n. an old Welsh musical instrument resembling the clarinet: a lively air: a lively English dance, usually by one person, popular amongst sailors.
Etymology and Origins
Hornpipe
A lively sailor’s dance, which had its origin in the west of England to the accompaniment of a Welsh musical instrument of the same name composed of a wooden pipe with a horn at each end.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hornpipe in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hornpipe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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