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dord

dord noun: a type of ancient Irish war-horn.

Noun

dord (plural dords)

  1. A type of ancient Irish war-horn.
    • […] there, after digging to a good depth, they find the Dord or great war-horn of Fionn, a blast on which brings “a flock of furious gigantic birds,” and a thigh of one of them is found to be as big as a sheep’s.1869, “Folk-lore: Myths and Tales of Various Peoples”, in The London Quarterly & Holborn Review, volume 31, pages 62–63
    • […] the first album on which the dord and the didgeridoo could be heard together was entitled: ‘Two stories in One: (Natural Symphonies)’.1994, Dirk Schellberg, Didgeridoo: Ritual Origins and Playing Techniques, →ISBN, page 46

Forms of dord

pluraldords

Origin of dord

Borrowed from Irish dord (“buzz, drone; dord”).

Questions about dord

What does dord mean?
Dord means a type of ancient Irish war-horn.
What part of speech is dord?
Dord is a noun.
What is the plural of dord?
The plural of dord is dords.

Words near dord in the dictionary

  1. Dorchester
  2. Dorchester County
  3. Dorchester on Thames
  4. Dorchester-on-Thames
  5. dorcopsis
  6. dord
  7. dordaviprone
  8. Dordevich
  9. Dordevichs
  10. Dordogne
  11. Dordon

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