SKIRL

I. verb Etymology: Middle English (Scots) skrillen, ~en to scream, shriek, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect skræla to cry aloud; akin to Old English scrallettan to resound loudly Date: circa 1665 intransitive verb to emit the high shrill tone of the chanter, transitive verb to play (music) on the bagpipe, II. noun Date: 1856 a high shrill sound produced by the chanter of a bagpipe