Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pibroch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pibroch \Pi"broch\, n. [Gael. piobaireachd pipe music, fr.
piobair a piper, fr. pioba pipe, bagpipe, from English. See
{Pipe}, n.]
A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the
musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to
those airs that are played on the bagpipe before the
Highlanders when they go out to battle. --Jamieson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pibroch
n : martial music with variations;to be played by the Scottish
Highlands bagpipe
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