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‖ piob mhor|piːp ˈvɔər, ˌpiːəb voːr|
[Gael., lit. ‘big pipe’.]
The Highland pipes, the bag of which is blown by a long pipe with a mouthpiece (see quot. 1954).
1838A. MacKay Coll. Anc. Piobaireachd or Highland Pipe Music 5 When the infirmities accompanying a protracted life, prevented him handling his favourite Piob⁓mhor, he would sit on the sunny braes, and run over the notes on the staff. 1845New Statistical Acct. Scotl. XIV. 339 The names of some of the caves and knolls in the vicinity still point out the spots where the scholars used to practise, respectively on the chanter, the small pipe, and the Piob mhor, or large bagpipe. 1901W. L. Manson Highland Bagpipe i. 10 The Piob Mohr is not now an agency to be reckoned with by any one who wishes to explore the hills and glens... As a Highland war spirit, its glory has departed. 1920Glasgow Herald 1 May 6 The clan is no more..; but the piobmohr [sic] remains.., and in its music there may be heard..the romance, and the tragedy, and the beauty of the story of the Scottish Highlands. 1954Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) I. 345/2 The Highland pipe (piob mohr) is pre-eminently the martial instrument... The oldest known existing instrument is dated 1409... It now consists of a sheepskin bag into which are tied five stocks, which accommodate the three drones and the chanter with their reeds, and the blow⁓pipe. 1968J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 316 At this juncture it is convenient to define the features which distinguish the various pipes to be heard in Britain. They are the Great Pipes, or Piob Mhor, the Reel Pipes, [etc.]. c1970A. MacPhee Story of Scottish Highland Bagpipe (An Comunn Gaidhealach) 5 The renaissance of interest over the past century in the ‘piob-mhor’ is in great measure due to the interest of the Army. 1975F. Collinson Bagpipe 114 The contrast between the pastoral English bagpipe and the war-like Highland pìob-mhór. |
