| 单词 |
union pipes |
| 释义 |
union pipes, n. pl. [? ad. Ir. píob uilleann, f. píob pipe + uilleann, gen. sing. of uille elbow.] A form of bagpipes in which the wind-bag is inflated by bellows worked by the elbow; Irish bagpipes.
1851–61Mayhew Lond. Labour III. 163/1 The union pipes are the old Irish pipes improved. 1877R. Bell Early Ballads, etc. 441 We first heard it sung in Malhamdale, Yorkshire, by..an old Dales'-minstrel, who accompanied himself on the union-pipes. |

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