urlar

urlar

See also: urlár and ùrlar

English

Etymology

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Scottish Gaelic ùrlarbor.
English urlar

    Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ùrlar (“floor”).

    Noun

    urlar (plural urlars)

    1. (music) The base theme of a piece of classical bagpipe music.
      • 2012, Hannah Rosefield, “Piping Up”, in Literary Review, section 401:
        The opening theme of a piobaireachd is called the Urlar, or ‘ground’ – the territory on which the whole composition stands.

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    Noun

    urlar n

    1. alternative spelling of urlár
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