1. hornpipe - Noun
2. hornpipe - Verb
An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA reel is distinguished from a hornpipe by consisting primarily of even beats. Source: Internet
Conversely, he brings the proud captain down a notch by making him "dance a hornpipe on the cabin table". Source: Internet
In Ruddigore, the sailor character dances a hornpipe, while in The Mikado, Sullivan quotes a Japanese war song in "Miya Sama". Source: Internet