bourdon

[ boor-dn, bawr-, bohr- ]

nounMusic.
    • the drone pipe of a bagpipe.

    • the drone string of a stringed instrument.

  1. a low-pitched tone; bass.

  1. a pipe organ stop of very low pitch.

  2. the bell in a carillon having the lowest pitch.

Origin of bourdon

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Middle French; see burden2

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British Dictionary definitions for bourdon

bourdon

/ (ˈbʊədən, ˈbɔːdən) /


noun
  1. a 16-foot organ stop of the stopped diapason type

  2. the drone of a bagpipe

  1. a drone or pedal point in the bass of a harmonized melody

Origin of bourdon

1
C14: from Old French: drone (of a musical instrument), of imitative origin

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