urlar

See also: urlár and ùrlar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ùrlar (“floor”).

Noun

urlar (plural urlars)

(music) The base theme of a piece of classical bagpipe music.
- 2012, Hannah Rosefield, ‘Piping Up’, Literary Review, 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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rural

Old Irish

Noun

urlar n

Alternative form of airlár

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