Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bourdon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bourdon \Bour"don\, n. [F., fr. L. burdo mule, esp. one used for
carrying litters. Cf. Sp. muleta a young she mule; also,
crutch, prop.]
A pilgrim's staff.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bourdon \Bour"don`\, n. [F. See {Burden} a refrain.] (Mus.)
(a) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See
{Burden} (of a song.)
(b) A kind of organ stop.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bourdon
n : a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single
continuous tone [syn: {drone}, {drone pipe}]
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