'Hornpipe' definitions:

Definition of 'hornpipe'

From: WordNet
noun
A British solo dance performed by sailors
noun
Music for dancing the hornpipe
noun
An ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone [syn: hornpipe, pibgorn, stockhorn]

Definition of 'Hornpipe'

From: GCIDE
  • Hornpipe \Horn"pipe`\, n. (Mus.) (a) 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. (b) A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing. [1913 Webster]
  • Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis. --Sir W. Raleigh. (c) A dance performed, usually by one person, to such a tune, and popular among sailors. [1913 Webster]