| n. | 1. | (Mus.) An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn. |
| Noun | 1. | hornpipe - a British solo dance performed by sailors |
| 2. | hornpipe - music for dancing the hornpipe | |
| 3. | hornpipe - an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone |