Skirling
noun, Scot. and North England.
1.
the act of shrieking.
verb (used without object)
1.
to play the bagpipe.
2.
Scot. and North England. to shriek.
noun
3.
the sound of a bagpipe.
4.
Scot. and North England. any shrill sound.
verb (intransitive)
1.
(Scot & Northern English, dialect) (esp of bagpipes) to emit a shrill sound
2.
to play the bagpipes
noun
3.
the sound of bagpipes
4.
a shrill sound
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