SKIRL


Meaning of SKIRL in English

/skerrl/ , v.i.

1. to play the bagpipe.

2. Scot. and North Eng. to shriek.

n.

3. the sound of a bagpipe.

4. Scot. and North Eng. any shrill sound.

[ 1350-1400; ME scirlen, skrillen (v.), perh. skrella boom, crash ]

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