Category:Pibroch

Pi"broch, n. Etym: [gael. piobaireachd pipe music, fr. piobair a Piper, fr. pioba pipe, bagpipe, from english. See pipe, n.]

Defn: a highland air, suited to the particular passion which the Musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to those Airs that are played on the bagpipe before the highlanders when they Go out to battle. Jamieson.