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Bourdon2, burdoun. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1888, rev. 2024. Bourdon2, burdoun Also 4 bor-, burdoun, -don, 5 burdown. [a. F. bourdon the continuous bass or ‘drone’ of the bagpipe, the bass string of a violin, etc., also a drone bee, = Sp. bordon, Pg. bordão, It. bordone, med.L. burdo drone: possibly an imitative word: cf. the Celtic stem durd-, dord-, noise, sound.

1   (A conjecture that the bass-pipe of an organ, or drone of a bagpipe may have been so called from its resemblance to a staff, BOURDON1, is not supported by the history.)]

2   † 1.  The low undersong or accompaniment, which was sung while the leading voice sang a melody.

3 c. 1386.  Chaucer, Prol., 673. This Somonour bar to hym a stif burdoun [v.r. bordoun], Was neuere trompe of half so greet a soun. Ibid., Reeves T., 245. His wyf bar him a burdon [v.r. burdoun], a ful strong.

4 c. 1400.  Epiph., 1918 (Turnb., 1843). They yeve a full delectabull sond Bothe trebull and meyne and burdown.

5 1596.  Spenser, Astroph., Aegl., 77. Wolues do howle and barke, And seem to beare a bourdon to their plaint. [For the continuation of this sense see BURDEN, in which word it has been completely merged.]

6   2.  A bass stop in an organ, usually of 16ft. tone; a similar stop in a harmonium; also the drone of a bagpipe. Also attrib., as in bourdon stop.

7 1861.  G. M. Musgrave, By-roads & Battle-Fl., 55. A tone equal to the finest bourdon stop of a large church-organ.

8 1876.  M. Davies, Unorth. Lond., 195. Others murmured them [prayers] in a low bourdon kind of voice.

9 1882.  Musical Times, 1 Feb., 106/1. Second-hand organ for sale…. Separate bourdon, pedais, couplers, composition pedals, &c.

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