hornpipe

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From Middle English hornpipe, hornpype, hornepipe, equivalent to horn +‎ pipe; so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.

1(music) A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
2A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
3A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
4Music played to the hornpipe dance