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Definition of Panpipes
1. Noun. (music) An instrument consisting of a series of ten or more tubes of different lengths, typically closed at the bottom and open at the top. The instrument is played by blowing across the open end at the top. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Panpipes
1. panpipe [n] - See also: panpipe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panpipes
Literary usage of Panpipes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"A scale would then appear the creation of mechanisms giving fixed tones, like
the lyre or the panpipes, the voice by itself knowing none. ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"The panpipes played; Toby barked; Punch's high falsetto rang through the fog;
Judy's querulous remonstrances were quickly smothered; and the drama marched, ..."
3. Old English Instruments of Music: Their History and Character by Francis William Galpin (1911)
"At first sight the instrument looks as if it were a form of drum, but trustworthy
examples of panpipes constructed in this semicircular shape are ..."
4. Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, Arthur Octavius Prickard (1878)
"... the reed fastened by wax, ie the panpipes played by the herdsman Argus, and
still sounding in lo's ears. I. 575. ..."
5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1892)
"Mills, Victory through surrender.— Milman. Mum Fidgets. — Moles'.wrth, An enchanted
garden; Girls and I ; Man with the panpipes. — Morgan, A slumber song. ..."
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