| 单词 | lowland pipes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLowland pipes Lowland pipes n. (also with lower-case initial) a type of bagpipes, associated with the Scottish Borders, in which the bag is filled by bellows worked by the elbow; also called Border pipes; also in singular. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > pipe > [noun] > bagpipe bagc1275 stivec1290 cornemusec1384 musettea1393 bagpipec1405 pair1422 pipec1450 muse1484 drone1502 lilt-pipea1525 great pipe1592 miskin1593 Highland pipe1599 small-pipes1656 piffero1724 Highland bagpipe1728 zampogna1740 union pipes1788 Lowland pipes1794 pibroch1807 piob mhor1838 gaita1846 sack pipe1889 set1893 biniou1902 uillean pipes1906 1794 J. Ritson in Scotish Song I. p. cxiv Paradoxical..as it may appear, the lowland pipes were probably introduced out of England. 1823 J. C. Robertson & T. Byerley Percy Anecd. XIII. ii. 90 The Scots' Lowland pipe is also a very loud instrument, though not so much so as the Highland pipe. 1911 Times of India 10 Jan. 8/7 There is a lowland pipe, but it is the pipe of the Highlanders that is always meant by the term ‘bagpipe’. 2007 Independent (Nexis) 15 Dec. (Information section) 37 A master of the..Highland and bellows-blown Lowland pipes, his improvisatory style combines Gaelic traditions with an eclectic range of contemporary influences. < as lemmas |
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