Pandean pipes
Pandean pipes noun: panpipes.
Noun
Pandean pipes pl (plural only)
- Panpipes.
- Pandean pipes whereon the winds would play,
Long rows of chimney-pots the ridges crown;
And black on slates and skylights flicker and frown
Shadows of smoke that streams and wings that sway.1875, William Henley, Notes on the Firth - To me at my fifth-floor window
The chimney-pots in rows
Are sets of pipes pandean
For every wind that blows;1875, William Henley, To Me at my Fifth-floor Window
- Pandean pipes whereon the winds would play,
Pandean pipes meaning in Tamil
Pandean pipes in Tamil
- வாயினால் இசைக்கப்படும் இசைக் கருவி, வெவ்வேறு நீளங்களில், பத்து
Origin of Pandean pipes
From Pan (Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man) + pipes.
Questions about Pandean pipes
- What does Pandean pipes mean?
- Pandean pipes means panpipes.
- What is Pandean pipes in Tamil?
- Pandean pipes in Tamil is வாயினால் இசைக்கப்படும் இசைக் கருவி, வெவ்வேறு நீளங்களில், பத்து. See Pandean pipes meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is Pandean pipes?
- Pandean pipes is a noun.
Words near Pandean pipes in the dictionary
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