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Pandean pipes en · NOUN

Etymology

From Pan (Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man) + pipes.

Meanings

  1. (plural, 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: