urlar

See also: urlár and ùrlar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ùrlar (“floor”).

Noun

urlar (plural urlars)

1. (music) The base theme of a piece of classical bagpipe music.
   • 2012, Hannah Rosefield, “Piping Up”, in Literary Review, section 401:

     The opening theme of a piobaireachd is called the Urlar, or ‘ground’ – the territory on which the whole composition stands.

Anagrams

• rural

Middle Irish

Noun

urlar n

1. Alternative spelling of urlár