[skirl] vb [ME (Sc) skrillen, skirlen to scream, shriek, of Scand origin; akin to OSw skraella to rattle; akin to OE scrallettan to resound loudly] vi (ca. 1665) of a bagpipe: to emit the high shrill tone of the chanter; also: to give forth music ~ vt: to play (music) on the bagpipe
[2]skirl n (1856): a high shrill sound produced by the chanter of a bagpipe