hornpipe

English

noun

Definitions

(musical instruments) A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
Music played to the hornpipe dance

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English hornpipe affix from English horn (sexual arousement, erection, noun) + English pipe (smoking pipe).

Origin

English

pipe

Gloss

smoking pipe

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Hornblower English
airhorn English
airpipe English
beampipe English
behorn English
bighorn English
blastpipe English
blowhorn English
blowpipe English
buckhorn English
bullhorn English
butterhorn English
coach horn English
crackpipe English
crosspipe English
deerhorn English
dehorn English
demihorn English
dishorn English
downpipe English
drainpipe English
drivepipe English
dronepipe English
elkhorn English
feedhorn English
fish-horn English
flowerhorn English
foghorn English
hair pipe English
hartshorn English
hashpipe English
hawsepipe English
horn English
horn-bearing English
hornbag English
hornball English
hornbeak English
hornbill English
hornblower English
hornbook English
hornbug English
horncore English
horndog English
horned English
hornen English
horner English
hornfoot English
hornful English
hornification English
horning English
hornish English
hornist English
hornless English
hornlet English
hornlike English
hornowl English
hornpike English
hornpiper English
hornpipist English
hornpout English
hornpox English
hornrims English
hornsman English
hornsnake English
hornstone English
horntail English
hornwork English
hornworm English
hornwort English
hornwrack English
horny English
hosepipe English
inkhorn English
longhorn English
melodyhorn English
micropipe English
monopipe English
multipipe English
nanohorn English
organ pipe English
panpipe English
pipage English
pipe English
pipe tomahawk English
pipe-staple English
pipeable English
pipeborne English
pipecase English
pipeclay English
pipefish English
pipefitter English
pipefitting English
pipeful English
pipejacking English
pipelay English
pipelayer English
pipelaying English
pipeless English
pipelike English
pipeline English
pipeman English
pipemouth English
piper English
pipesmoke English
pipesmoker English
pipesmoking English
pipestem English
pipestone English
pipetongs English
pipevine English
pipeweed English
pipewood English
pipework English
pipeworker English
pipewort English
pipkin English
pipy English
pitchpipe English
playpipe English
posthorn English
postpipe English
powderhorn English
pronghorn English
quarter-pipe English
raghorn English
ramshorn English
repipe English
rone pipe English
saddlehorn English
sandpipe English
shoehorn English
shorthorn English
sidepipe English
smokepipe English
staghorn English
standpipe English
steampipe English
stinkhorn English
stovepipe English
straighthorn English
superpipe English
tailpipe English
tinhorn English
voicepipe English
war-horn English
waterpipe English
windpipe English
yellowhorn English
pipe French
pipe Portuguese
パイプ Japanese
horn, horne Middle English
hornpipe Middle English
hornpiper Middle English
pīpe, pipe Middle English
pipo Esperanto
ပိုက် Burmese
paip Tok Pisin
paip Brunei Malay
هرن Gulf Arabic
پايپ Gulf Arabic