Dord
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dord is a noun meaning (music) A type of ancient Irish war-horn.
Meaning
(music) A type of ancient Irish war-horn.
Example Sentences
The dord, a form of horn with a sound like the Australian Aborigine’s didgeridoo, was clearly a sacred instrument of the Bronze Age […]
[…] the first album on which the dord and the didgeridoo could be heard together was entitled: ‘Two stories in One: (Natural Symphonies)’.
[…] 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.
Word Forms
- dords
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dardaol, doundoun, doutar, dork, douth, doira.
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