Hôrn'pīpe, n.

n. [W. pib-gorn.] (Mus.) (a.) An instrument of music in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at stated intervals, and a horn at each end. (b.) A lively air or tune, of compound triple time, with nine crotchets in a bar—six down and three up. Moore.

Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis. Raleigh.

(c.) A characteristic British dance; as, the Derbyshire hornpipe. Tuller.