'pipes of Pan' definitions:
Definition of 'pipes of Pan'
From: GCIDE
- Pandean pipes \Pan*de"an pipes\, n. pl., A primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by the god Pan. Called also pipes of Pan, Pan's pipes and Panpipes. [1913 Webster]