port-a-beul
/ˌpɔːʃtəˈbiːal/(also port-a-bheul, puirt-a-beul) Scottish
noun
A fast-paced reel or dancing song consisting of a tune of Lowland Scottish origin to which repetitive, easily memorized Gaelic lyrics have been added, sung unaccompanied.
Origin
Early 20th century. From Scottish Gaelic port-a-beul from port + a, perhaps showing the preposition a from, out of (Early Irish a, as from the same Indo-European base as classical Latin ex) + beul mouth.
- windless
- wind load
- wind loading
- wind machine
- windmill
- wind of change
- window
- window box
- window cleaner
- window dresser
- window dressing
- windowed
- window frame
- windowing
- window ledge
- windowless
- window of opportunity
- window of vulnerability
- windowpane
- windowpane flounder
- Window Rock
- Windows
- window seat
- window-shop
- window shopper